Don Symon
New Zealand rower
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| Birth name | Donald Alan Symon[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1960-05-20) 20 May 1960 (age 64)[1] Christchurch, New Zealand[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Avon Rowing Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Donald Alan Symon (born 20 May 1960) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Symon was born in 1960 in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2] Along with Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott, Ross Tong and Brett Hollister (cox) Symon won the bronze medal in the coxed four. Symon also won a silver medal in the coxless four and a bronze medal in the eight at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[3] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 508 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Don Symon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Don Symon". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
External links
- Donald Symon at World Rowing
- Donald Symon at Olympics.com
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1984 New Zealand Olympic team
- Anne Audain
- Rod Dixon
- Derek Froude
- Lyn Grime
- Lorraine Moller
- Mary O'Connor
- Peter O'Donoghue
- Mike O'Rourke
- Peter Pearless
- Peter Renner
- Dianne Rodger
- Tony Rogers
- John Walker
- Steve Walsh
- Kevin Barry
- Michael Kenny
- Grant Bramwell
- Ian Ferguson
- Robert Jenkinson
- Paul MacDonald
- Edwin Richards
- Alan Thompson
- Craig Adair
- Stephen Cox
- Anthony Cuff
- Brian Fowler
- Graeme Miller
- Murray Steele
- Roger Sumich
- Ann Sissons
- Mark Graham
- Gary Lamb
- Andrew Bennie
- John Cottle
- Mary Hamilton
- Andrew Nicholson
- Mark Todd
- Jeff Archibald
- Christine Arthur
- Cathy Baker
- Husmukh Bhikha
- Robyn Blackman
- Chris Brown
- George Carnoutsos
- Mary Clinton
- Peter Daji
- Lesley Elliott
- Laurie Gallen
- Jane Goulding
- Stuart Grimshaw
- Shirley Haig
- Harina Kohere
- Trevor Laurence
- Sandra Mackie
- Maurice Marquet
- Jan Martin
- Jenny McDonald
- Sue McLeish
- Grant McLeod
- Brent Miskimmin
- Peter Miskimmin
- Lesley Murdoch
- Arthur Parkin
- Ramesh Patel
- Graham Sligo
- Jillian Smith
- Isobel Thomson
- Barbara Tilden
- Robin Wilson
- Nigel Atherfold
- Stephanie Foster
- Andy Hay
- Brett Hollister
- Allan Horan
- Geoff Horan
- Greg Johnston
- George Keys
- Kevin Lawton
- Barrie Mabbott
- Shane O'Brien
- Les O'Connell
- Gary Reid
- Conrad Robertson
- Dave Rodger
- Mike Stanley
- Andrew Stevenson
- Don Symon
- Ross Tong
- Keith Trask
- Chris White
- Roger White-Parsons
- Luke Carter
- Russell Coutts
- Simon Daubney
- Tom Dodson
- Peter Evans
- Aran Hansen
- Bruce Kendall
- David Mackay
- Sean Reeves
- Rex Sellers
- Chris Timms
- Tony Clarke
- Stephen Petterson
- John Woolley
- Michael Bernard
- Kevin Blake
- Allister Nalder
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