Simon Dickie
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Simon Dickie (born 31 March 1951) is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals.
Dickie was born in 1951 in Waverley, New Zealand.[1]
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. He later owned an adventure company in Taupo.[2]
References
- ↑ "Simon Dickie". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
- ↑ Maddaford, Terry (26 July 2002). "Rowing: Stroking aside the decades". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
External links
- Simon Dickie at WorldRowing.com from FISA