Allan Horan

Allan (Jack) Horan (born 12 May 1961) is a former rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics as a representative of New Zealand.

Life

Allan's family left their native home in Te Awamutu for Tauranga. During attendance at Otumoetai College; he began his rowing career. He had his first win in the springbok four, at the Maadi Cup Regatta in 1978. After finishing college he returned to live in Te Awamutu and joined the Waikato Rowing Club, based at Lake Karapiro. As of 2003 he lives in Cambridge, New Zealand.

His brother Geoffrey Horan also rowed at the 1984 Summer Olympics at Los Angeles.

Career Highlights

• 1979: After successes at club level, he was selected for the NZ junior team for the World Championships in Moscow. Overall placed 7th in the coxless four event.
• 1980: He gained a first win in a national premier event at age 18. These performances gained a trial selection for the 1980 Olympic team. NZ boycotted these games. So he ended up representing NZ in the NZ Colt’s team against Australia. They won the series 3 nil.
• 1981: He was selected for the NZ Colt’s team again.
• 1982: He gained a trial selection for the world championship NZ men’s eight. He was unsuccessful that year; however the men’s eight crew went on to win gold in Lucerne, Switzerland.
• 1983: He was selected for the men’s heavyweight single sculls to compete at the World Championships in Duisburg, West Germany. He gained a world ranking of 11th for that year.
• 1984: He was selected in the men’s coxless pair for the Los Angeles Olympic Games, gaining a final placing of 7th.
• 1985: He was selected for the men’s elite eight team for the World Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium. The crew were placed fourth in the final by 3/100ths of a second behind first place.
• 1986: He retired from active competition, after gaining 8 National elite titles (red coats).
• 2011: He was inducted into the Waikato Rowing Hall of Fame.

References

• Allan Horan's profile at Sports Reference.com
• Allan Horan at NZOC website