{{Short description|British rower (born 1949)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2017}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Chris Baillieu | image = | caption = | fullname = Christopher Latham Baillieu | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1949|12|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Marylebone | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | death_place = | nationality = British | education = BA | alma_mater = University of Cambridge | height = 6 ft 3 in (190 cm) | weight = 187 lbs (85 kg) | spouse = Jane Elizabeth Bowie | headercolor = lightsteelblue | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver | 1976 Montreal | Double sculls }} {{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1974 Lucerne | Double sculls }} {{MedalBronze | 1975 Nottingham | Double sculls }} {{MedalGold | 1977 Amsterdam | Double sculls }} {{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }} {{MedalBronze | 1973 Moscow | Double sculls }} }}

'''Christopher Latham Baillieu''' MBE (born 12 December 1949) is an English former rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain. He was the first chairman of British Swimming, from 2001 to 2008.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/1180535.stm |title=Baillieu named as swimming chief |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 February 2001 |accessdate=17 June 2009}}</ref>

==Early life== Baillieu was born in Marylebone,<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference | url = https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/chris-baillieu-1.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ba/chris-baillieu-1.html | url-status = dead | archive-date = 18 April 2020 | title = Chris Baillieu | accessdate = 17 June 2009}}</ref> the son of Edward Latham Baillieu and his wife Betty Anne Jardine Taylor. He was the grandson of Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu.<ref>[http://www.thepeerage.com/p6506.htm#i65057 the Peerage.com]</ref> He was educated at Radley College and at Jesus College, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1976.

==Rowing== Baillieu rowed in the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Races in 1970, 1971, 1972 and 1973. He then concentrated on sculling, and won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta with Mike Hart in 1973 and 1975.<ref>[http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm Henley Royal Regatta Results of Final Races 1946–2003] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716161931/http://www.rowinghistory.net/HRR%20US/hrr_1946-2000.htm |date=16 July 2011 }}</ref> In between he won the double sculls title with Mike Hart, at the 1974 National Championships<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS134707958/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1a35a7b2 |title=Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8 |newspaper=The Times|date=22 July 1974 |page=8 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref> and participated in the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, competing in the double sculls event with Hart again, which resulted in winning a bronze medal.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS119241513/TTDA?u=oxfshlib&sid=TTDA&xid=70c14369 |title=Railton, Jim. "British eight sprint to silver medal." Times, 9 Sept. 1974, p. 7 |newspaper=The Times|date=9 September 1974 |page=7 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref> He was part of the double scull that won a bronze medal at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS118324513/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=92051b4c |last=Railton |first=Jim |title=Rowing |work=The Times |date=1 September 1975 |page=7 |via=Times Digital Archives}}</ref>

In Montreal they won a silver medal for double sculls rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics. The same pair won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup again in 1977 and a gold medal at the World Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS185041181/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5b12a1c6 |last=Railton |first=Jim |title=Rowing |work=The Times |date=29 August 1977 |page=11 |via=Times Digital Archives}}</ref> Hart and Baillieu won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup again in 1978 but in 1979 he won with a new partner Jim Clark. In 1980, Baillieu and Clark finished fourth in the Double Sculls, rowing at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow.

Baillieu then concentrated on single sculls and won the Wingfield Sculls four years running from 1981 to 1984,<ref>[http://www.rowingservice.com/wingfieldsrecords.xls Wingfield Sculls Record of Races]</ref> and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1981, 1982, and 1984. He also won the single sculls rowing for the Leander Club, at the 1981 National Championships.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS235243764/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=5061c9be |title=Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 20 July 1981, p. 14 |newspaper=The Times|date=20 July 1981 |page=14 |last1=Railton |first1=Jim }}</ref>

==Personal== In 1984, Baillieu married Jane Elizabeth Bowie with whom he has had two sons and one daughter Charles, Olivia, and Edward.<ref name="ww">{{cite web |title=Who's Who 2009: New Names |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01123/Who_s_Who_new_name_1123303a.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101028115310/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/telegraph/multimedia/archive/01123/Who_s_Who_new_name_1123303a.pdf |archive-date=2010-10-28 |accessdate=17 June 2009 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph}}</ref>

==See also== * List of Cambridge University Boat Race crews

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{World Rowing|15001|Christopher Baillieu}} * {{Olympics.com|christopher-baillieu|Christopher Baillieu|org_archive=20210422135833}} * {{Olympedia|37203|Chris Baillieu}}

{{World champions – Men's double sculls}}

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