Grant McAuley explained

Grant McAuley
Nationality:New Zealand
Birth Name:Grant R. F. McAuley
Birth Date:6 July 1949[1]
Birth Place:Auckland, New Zealand
Height:181cm (71inches)
Weight:84kg (185lb)

Grant R. F. McAuley (born 6 July 1949) is a New Zealand rower.

McAuley was born in 1949 in Auckland, New Zealand.[2] He rowed with the eight in the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain, and won a bronze medal.[3] He represented New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Bob Murphy, David Lindstrom, and Des Lock, narrowly beaten by the team from the Soviet Union to fourth place.[4] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 358 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[5] He competed in the 1978 World Rowing Championships in the double sculls with John White and they came sixth in the final.[6] At the 1979 World Rowing Championships held at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia, he won a silver medal with the eight.[7] McAuley won the Bay of Plenty Sportsman of the Year award in 1979.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grant McAuley . . 18 September 2016 . 1 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190401063646/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/28426/mcauley-grant-rf . live .
  2. Grant McAuley . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418070740/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/grant-mcauley-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 18 September 2016.
  3. Web site: (M8+) Men's Eight - Final . . 20 September 2016 . 23 June 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190623072514/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1975-world-championships/mens-eight/final/ . live .
  4. Web site: (M4-) Men's Four - Final . . 20 September 2016 . 11 April 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190411145234/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1976-olympic-games/mens-four/final/ . live .
  5. Web site: Grant McAuley . . 18 September 2016.
  6. Web site: (M2x) Men's Double Sculls - Final . . 20 September 2016 . 27 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190827183753/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1978-world-championships/mens-double-sculls/final/ . live .
  7. Web site: (M8+) Men's Eight - Final . . 20 September 2016 . 19 October 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181019042214/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1979-world-championships/mens-eight/final/ . live .
  8. Web site: Celebrating Bay's best of the best . www.sunlive.co.nz . 20 September 2016 . 10 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170210094811/http://m.sunlive.co.nz/blogs/5527-celebrating-bays-best-of-best.html . live .

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