Ted Johnson (rower)
Appearance
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Birth name | George Edward Johnson | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1 May 1924 Rotorua,New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Died | 19 July 1985 Wanganui,New Zealand | (aged 61)||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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George Edward Johnson(1 May 1924 – 19 July 1985) was aNew Zealandrepresentativerower.
At the1950 British Empire Gameshe won the gold medal as part of the men's coxed four. At the1952 Summer Olympicshe competed as part of the coxed four again, but the crew did not make the final.[1][2]
References
[edit]- ^New Zealand Olympic Committee: Ted Johnson
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Ted Johnson".Olympics at Sports-Reference.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 18 April 2020.Retrieved13 March2018.
Categories:
- 1924 births
- 1985 deaths
- New Zealand male rowers
- Olympic rowers for New Zealand
- Rowers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing
- Medallists at the 1950 British Empire Games
- Sportspeople from Rotorua
- New Zealand rowing biography stubs