George Keys
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| Born | 12 December 1959 Christchurch, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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George Keys (born 12 December 1959) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Keys was born in 1959 in the Christchurch suburb of Burwood. He was a member of the Avon Rowing Club.[1] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat four.[2] At the 1983 World Rowing Championships at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat seven.[3] At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Keys competed in the eights which finished fourth.[4] At the 1988 Olympics, he won Bronze in the coxed four along with Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, Chris White and Andrew Bird (cox).[5]
In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year.[6] The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "George Keys". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
- ^ "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "1980's [sic]". Halberg Awards. Retrieved 5 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Eight, 1982". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
External links
[edit]- George Keys at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Keys". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
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