{{short description|British rower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}} {{MedalTableTop}} {{MedalSport | Men's rowing }} {{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalBronze | 1996 Atlanta | Coxless four}} {{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }} {{MedalSilver | 1995 Tampere | Coxless four}} {{MedalBronze | 1989 Bled | Eight}} {{MedalBronze | 1994 Indianapolis | Coxless four}} {{MedalBottom}}
'''Rupert Obholzer''' (born 27 March 1970 in Cape Town) is a British rower. He was educated at Hampton School along with Johnny and Greg Searle and then St Catherine's College, Oxford,<ref>{{cite web|title=Oxonian Olympians|publisher=University of Oxford|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html|accessdate=20 August 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120920083635/http://www.ox.ac.uk/about_the_university/oxford_people/famous_oxonians/oxonian_olympians/index.html|archivedate=20 September 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref> where he stroked the dark blue boat to victory in the 1991 Boat Race. He won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympic Games in the four with Jonny Searle, Greg Searle and Tim Foster. He was later umpire of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. He trained as a doctor while rowing, and is now a consultant ear nose and throat surgeon at Guy's Hospital specialising in diseases of the ear and base of the skull.
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==External links== * {{FISA|8066}} * {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/rupert-obholzer-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041122/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ob/rupert-obholzer-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18}}
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