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Jan 25, 1912 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Died on 30 Apr 2007 (aged 95)
Canadian rower
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About Claude Saunders
- Claude "Sandy" Saunders (January 25, 1912 – April 30, 2007) was a Canadian rower who competed in the Olympic games in 1936 in Berlin.
- He competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Men's eight, but did not win a medal.
- He was also a spare at the 1948 Summer Olympics and coached Canada's rowing team at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games and the 1960 Summer Olympics.
- He was Canada's FISU representative at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.
- He was also president of the Central Ontario Rowing Association, the Canadian Secondary School Rowing Association and the Canadian Amateur Association of Oarsmen.
- Saunders was the first Canadian to hold a referee's license from the International Rowing Federation.
- Saunders was born in Hamilton, Ontario.
- At the time of his death, he was Canada's second-oldest living Olympic competitor, behind Betty Tancock.
