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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
SportRowing
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


  1. "George Keys". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  3. "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  4. "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  5. "Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. "1980's [sic]". Halberg Awards. Retrieved 5 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  7. "Eight, 1982". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.


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



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

[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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