Tony Hurt
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| Birth name | Anthony John Hurt | |||||||||||||||||||||
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30 March 1946 (age 70) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Anthony John "Tony" Hurt (born 30 March 1946, in Auckland) is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, 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, Athol Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie (cox).
Hurt later had a plumbing business in Auckland.[1]
References
- ↑ Maddaford, Terry (26 July 2002). "Rowing: Stroking aside the decades". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
- Official New Zealand Olympic Committee
- "Tony Hurt". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
External links
- Anthony J. HURT at WorldRowing.com from FISA
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