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Biography: Hadfield, Darcy Clarence

Darcy Clarence Hadfield

Darcy Clarence Hadfield

Darcy Clarence Hadfield was a single scull champion before and after the First World War, and the first New Zealander to win an Olympic rowing medal, in 1920.

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N. A. C. McMillan. 'Hadfield, Darcy Clarence', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/284/darcy-clarence-hadfield (accessed 4 June 2026).