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George Keys (born 12 December 1959) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.

George Keys

Personal information
Born	(1959-12-12) 12 December 1959 (age 62) Christchurch, New Zealand
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Coxed four World Rowing Championships 1982 Rotsee Eight 1983 Wedau Eight

Keys was born in 1959 in the Christchurch suburb of Burwood. He was a member of the Avon Rowing Club.[1] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat four.[2] At the 1983 World Rowing Championships at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat seven.[3] At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Keys competed in the eights which finished fourth.[4] At the 1988 Olympics, he won Bronze in the coxed four along with Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, Chris White and Andrew Bird (cox).[5]

In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year.[6] The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[7]

References

External links

• George Keys at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Keys". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.

Awards
Preceded by Allison Roe	New Zealand Sportsman of the Year 1982 With: Tony Brook, Les O'Connell, Dave Rodger, Mike Stanley, Andrew Stevenson, Chris White, Roger White-Parsons, Andy Hay	Succeeded by Chris Lewis

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[fr] George Keys

George Keys est un rameur néo-zélandais né le 12 décembre 1959 à Burwood (banlieue de Christchurch).

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[ru] Кейс, Джордж

Джордж Кейс (George Keys) (родился 12 декабря 1959 года в Бервуде, Крайстчерч, Новая Зеландия) являлся членом сборной Новой Зеландии по академической гребле, завоевавшей олимпийскую бронзовую медаль на летних Олимпийских играх 1988 года в Сеуле. Кейс завоевал эту медаль в четверке вместе с Яном Райтом, Грегом Джонстоном (Greg Johnston), Крисом Уайтом и Эндрю Бердом (Andrew Bird), (загребным).

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