Tony Hurt

Anthony John Hurt (born 30 March 1946) is a former New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the gold medal in the eights. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, he again crewed the eight which this time won the bronze medal. His crewmates this time were Alec McLean, Ivan Sutherland, Trevor Coker, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie (cox). In both Olympic races, he was the stroke.^[2]

Tony Hurt

Personal information
Birth name	Anthony John Hurt^[1]
Born	30 March 1946 (1946-03-30) (age 78) Auckland, New Zealand
Height	183 cm (6 ft 0 in)^[1]
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)^[1]
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	West End Rowing Club^[1]
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1972 Munich Eight 1976 Montreal Eight World Rowing Championships 1974 Lucerne Eight European Rowing Championships 1971 Copenhagen Eight

Hurt later had a plumbing business in Auckland.^[3]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
2. "Tony Hurt". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
3. Maddaford, Terry (26 July 2002). "Rowing: Stroking aside the decades". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.

External links

• Anthony J. HURT at World Rowing