Christopher Latham Baillieu MBE was born on 12 December 1949 and is an English former rower who competed in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics representing Great Britain.
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Chris Baillieu was the first chairman of British Swimming, from 2001 to 2008.
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Chris Baillieu was the grandson of Clive Baillieu, 1st Baron Baillieu.
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Chris Baillieu was educated at Radley College and at Jesus College, Cambridge.
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Chris Baillieu was called to the Bar at Lincoln's Inn in 1976.
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Chris Baillieu rowed in the winning Cambridge boat in the Boat Races in 1970,1971,1972 and 1973.
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Chris Baillieu then concentrated on sculling, and won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta with Mike Hart in 1973 and 1975.
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Chris Baillieu was part of the double scull that won a bronze medal at the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham.
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Hart and Chris Baillieu won the Double Sculls Challenge Cup again in 1978 but in 1979 he won with a new partner Jim Clark.
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Chris Baillieu then concentrated on single sculls and won the Wingfield Sculls four years running from 1981 to 1984, and the Diamond Challenge Sculls at Henley Royal Regatta in 1981,1982, and 1984.
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Chris Baillieu won the single sculls rowing for the Leander Club, at the 1981 National Championships.
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In 1984, Chris Baillieu married Jane Elizabeth Bowie with whom he has had two sons and one daughter Charles, Olivia, and Edward.