John Hunter (rower)
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth name | John Andrew Hunter | ||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
8 November 1943 Christchurch | ||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| |||||||||||||||||||
.svg.png){kind=icon}
.svg.png){kind=icon}
John Andrew Hunter (born 8 November 1943 in Christchurch, Canterbury) is a former New Zealander rower who won a gold Olympic medal in his career.
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, Tony Hurt, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the Gold medal in the eights. Hunter had previously been a member of the eight which finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He was also the Rowing Manager for the New Zealand team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
References
- Official New Zealand Olympic Committee
- "John Hunter". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
External links
- John Hunter at WorldRowing.com from FISA
|
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, March 28, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.