Roderick Tuck

The son of a Royal Naval commander, Roderick Tuck also enjoyed a long naval career after joining the Marines in 1955 and rose to the rank of major. He was educated at Charterhouse School where he was a member of the rugby first XV. After joining the Marines Tuck combined his military service with a successful sporting career as a modern pentathlete, biathlete, and cross-country skier.

In 1958 Tuck finished third overall in the Combined Services Modern Pentathlon Championship and in 1963 was runner-up in the British Championship but captured the British Biathlon title that year. Tuck competed in the cross country at the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck. He was also selected as a reserve for the British modern pentathlon team at the Tokyo Summer Games and became the first Briton since Percy Legard in 1936 to be selected for both the Winter and Summer Olympics in the same year.

Tuck won the British Army biathlon title for the fourth time in 1965 and in 1966 was appointed the marines` inspector of physical training. After retiring from service, Tuck opened a skiing lodge in the Telemark area of Norway which was used as a base for youngsters learning to ski.

Tuck died at his Chichester home in 2006.