Chris McAsey (rower) explained
Chris McAsey is a New Zealand rower and sailor.[1]
McAsey is from Hāwera with much of his extended family still living in that part of Taranaki.[2] At the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, McAsey won a silver medal in the coxed four, with Chris White, Andrew Matheson, Murdoch Dryden, and Michael Whittaker as cox.[3] [4]
He later switched to sailing, joining Team New Zealand as a grinder for their 2003, 2007, and 2013 America's Cup campaigns.[5] He worked as a truck driver after the 2013 America's Cup.[6]
McAsey is married to Suzy Easterbrook, who represented New Zealand at beach volleyball.[7] Easterbrook's mother, Sandra Easterbrook, was a member of the New Zealand team that won the 1967 world championship.[8] [9]
Notes and References
- Web site: Chris McAsey . . 3 October 2015.
- News: Jeffries . Jane . Sailor's home away from home . 23 June 2018 . Taranaki Daily News . 13 August 2013.
- Web site: Men's Coxed Four – Final . 3 October 2015 . FISA.
- Web site: World Championship medallists . . 3 October 2015 . 8 September 2015.
- Web site: Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News. www.scoop.co.nz.
- News: Johannsen . Dana . Team NZ: Where are they now? . 23 June 2018 . . 11 June 2015.
- Web site: Wall of Fame . Kamo Intermediate School . 28 October 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200123225755/https://www.kamoint.school.nz/wall-of-fame-kis/ . dead . 23 January 2020.
- News: Glenbervie mum nervous as son-in-law gears for Cup clash . 7 September 2013 . Hannah . Norton . . 28 October 2023.
- News: Netball: Easterbrook reunites with Silver Ferns champions . Andrew . Johnsen . 19 September 2017 . . 28 October 2023.
