Athol Earl

Athol Earl
Medal record
Men's rowing
Competitor for  New Zealand
Olympic Games
1972 Munich Eights
1976 Montreal Eights
World Rowing Championships
1974 Lucerne Eights

Athol John "Joe" Earl (born 1 October 1952 in Christchurch, New Zealand)[1] is a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Tony Hurt, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the Gold medal in the eights. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he again crewed the eight which this time won the Bronze medal. His crewmates this time were Alec McLean, Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Tony Hurt and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie (cox).

References

  1. "Joe Earl". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2016-03-10.

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