Simon Dickie

Simon Dickie
Medal record
Men's rowing
Competitor for  New Zealand
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico Coxed fours
1972 Munich Eights
1976 Montreal Eights
World Rowing Championships
1970 St. Catharines Eights

Simon Dickie (born 31 March 1951 in Waverley, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won 3 Olympic medals. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Dickie won the Gold medal in the coxed four along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Warren Cole. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson to win the Gold medal in the eights. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he was again cox for the eight which this time won the Bronze medal. His crewmates this time were Tony Hurt, Alec McLean, Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl and Dave Rodger.

Dickie is only one of ten New Zealanders to have won two or more Olympic gold medals.

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