Gary Robertson

Olympic athlete

1950 –

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Who is Gary Robertson?

Gary David Robertson is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

He teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Tony Hurt and Simon Dickie to win the Gold medal in the eights. Robertson is only one of two New Zealand Olympic gold medalists who never managed to win a National Premier title. Robertson is the nephew of famed New Zealand rowing coach Rusty Robertson.

He now coaches at Waikato Diocesean School for Girls, previously Sydney Rowing Club.

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Born
Apr 12, 1950
New Zealand

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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