# Robert Paver > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robert_Paver > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Robert_Paver.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Paver > Source revision: 1340024014 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) **Robert D. Paver** (born 11 August 1952) is an Australian [dermatologist](/source/Dermatology) and [Mohs surgeon](/source/Mohs_surgery) and a former national representative [rower](/source/Rowing_(sport)). As a rower he was a four-time Australian champion who represented at world championships and competed at the [1972 Summer Olympics](/source/1972_Summer_Olympics) and the [1976 Summer Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics).[1] ## State and club rowing Paver was educated at [The King's School](/source/The_King's_School,_Parramatta) in Sydney where he took up rowing. He matriculated in 1970.[2] He rowed at university with the [UNSW Rowing Club](/source/UNSW_Rowing_Club) (UNSW) and his senior club rowing was from the [Sydney Rowing Club](/source/Sydney_Rowing_Club). At the 1971 and 1973 Australian Intervarsity Championships he rowed in the UNSW eight.[3] Paver first made state selection for New South Wales in 1972 in the four seat of the men's eight which contested and won the [King's Cup](/source/King's_Cup_(rowing)) at the Interstate Regatta within the [Australian Rowing Championships](/source/Australian_Rowing_Championships).[4] He rowed in New South Wales King's Cup crews in 1973,[5] 1975, 1976 and those crews of 1975[6] and 1976 were victorious.[7] In 1974 in SRC colours Paver contested both the coxed and coxless four titles at the Australian Rowing Championships in composite New South Wales crews.[8] In 1975 and 1976 he contested the coxed four championship[9] winning that national title in 1976.[10] ## International representative rowing The entire New South Wales winning King's Cup eight of 1972 was selected as the Australian [eight](/source/Rowing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_eight) to compete at the [1972 Munich Olympics](/source/Rowing_at_the_1972_Summer_Olympics) and Paver who'd just turned 20, made his Australian representative debut in the four seat of that boat. They rowed to an overall eighth-place finish in Munich.[11] For the [1975 World Rowing Championships](/source/1975_World_Rowing_Championships) in Nottingham, Paver was back in the Australian men's eight and seated at four. That crew placed second in its heat, won the repechage and finished in sixth place in the final.[12] The Australian men's eight for the [1976 Montreal Olympics](/source/1976_Summer_Olympics) was mostly that year's King's Cup winning New South Wales crew excepting [Malcolm Shaw](/source/Malcolm_Shaw_(rower)) in the two seat and [Brian Richardson](/source/Brian_Richardson_(rower)) at bow.[12] With Paver rowing at seven they commenced their Olympic campaign with a heat win in a new world record time and progressed to the final.[12] In the heat Shaw suffered a collapsed vertebra which saw him out of the eight and replaced by [Peter Shakespear](/source/Peter_Shakespear), the reserve. In the final – for which Paver moved to the five seat – the Australians finished fifth.[13] ## Professional career Paver graduated in medicine in 1978 from the [University of New South Wales](/source/University_of_New_South_Wales). An Associate Professor, he is a Consultant Dermatologist at [Westmead Hospital](/source/Westmead_Hospital) and has a private practice in Western Sydney. His father Ken Paver (1920–2011) was also a Dermatologist, and was Chairman of that department at [St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney](/source/St_Vincent's_Hospital,_Sydney) from 1966 to 1975.[14] ## References 1. ["Robert Paver"](https://web.archive.org/web/20200418092851/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/robert-paver-1.html). Archived from [the original](https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/pa/robert-paver-1.html) on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 23 August 2018. 1. [King's Herald newsletter](http://www.kings.edu.au/documents/herald/heralds12/Herald-10-2012.pdf) 1. ["Intervarsity Championships"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181020011521/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/1971.php#M8). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/university-championships/1971.php#M8) on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. ["1972 Interstate Regatta"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180907144647/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1972.php#M8). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1972.php#M8) on 7 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. ["1973 Interstate Regatta"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180804200839/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1973.php#M8). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1973.php#M8) on 4 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. ["1975 Interstate Regatta"](https://web.archive.org/web/20181017123854/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1975.php#M8). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1975.php#M8) on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. ["1976 Interstate Regatta"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180716165606/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1976.php#M8). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/interstate-championships/1976.php#M8) on 16 July 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. [1974 Australian Championships](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1974.html#m2) 1. [1975 Australian Championships](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1975.html#m2) 1. [1976 Australian Championships](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/national-championships/1976.html#m2) 1. ["1972 Olympics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180902001454/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1972-Munich.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1972-Munich.php) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. [Paver at World Rowing](https://worldrowing.com/athlete/robert-paver?id=26282) 1. ["1976 Olympics"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180830145955/http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1976-Montreal.php). Archived from [the original](http://www.rowinghistory-aus.info/olympic-games/1976-Montreal.php) on 30 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2018. 1. ["Lifelong thirst for knowledge was thoroughly quenched"](https://www.smh.com.au/national/lifelong-thirst-for-knowledge-was-thoroughly-quenched-20110426-1dv0p.html). *[The Sydney Morning Herald](/source/The_Sydney_Morning_Herald)*. 26 April 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20180914061203/https://www.smh.com.au/national/lifelong-thirst-for-knowledge-was-thoroughly-quenched-20110426-1dv0p.html) 14 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine. --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Robert Paver](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Paver) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Paver?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.