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Warren Joseph Cole (12 September 1940 – 17 July 2019) was a New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Warren Cole

Personal information
Birth name	Warren Joseph Cole
Born	(1940-09-12)12 September 1940 Palmerston North, New Zealand
Died	17 July 2019(2019-07-17) (aged 78) Hamilton, New Zealand
Height	184 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Rowing
Club	Whakatane Rowing Club[1]
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1968 Mexico Coxed four World Rowing Championships 1970 St. Catharines Eight

Career

Cole was born in 1940 at Palmerston North, New Zealand,[1] and was educated at Hamilton Boys' High School.[2] He later lived in Whakatane, and was a member of the Whakatane Rowing Club.[1][3]

For the 1968 Summer Olympics, New Zealand qualified an eight and had a pool of four rowers and a cox as a travelling reserve; Cole was part of this reserve. Preparations were held in Christchurch at Kerr's Reach on the Avon River. The reserve rowers were unhappy with the "spare parts" tag and felt that they were good enough to perhaps win a medal if put forward as a coxed four. The manager, Rusty Robertson, commented about them that they were "the funniest looking crew you've ever seen".[4] There were stern discussions with the New Zealand selectors. In a training run, the coxed four was leading the eight over the whole race. In the end, the reserve rowers got their way and New Zealand entered both the coxed four and the coxed eight.[5] Cole won the Olympic coxed four event along with Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Ross Collinge and Simon Dickie (cox);[6] this was New Zealand's first gold medal in rowing.[4] At the time, Cole was living in Whakatane with his wife and two young children, and selling milking shed equipment. The crew's winning boat was later sold to a rowing club to recoup costs, and ended up in splinters after a road crash.[7]

At the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines in Canada, he won a bronze medal with the coxed eight.[8] At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he competed again in the coxed four which finished sixth.

Cole worked for the National Dairy Association in marketing and sales. He later moved to Hamilton and sold equipment for the dairy industry.[9]

Cole died in Hamilton on 17 July 2019.[2]

References

External links

• Warren Cole at World Rowing

На других языках

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- [en] Warren Cole (rower)

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[fr] Warren Cole

Warren Joseph Cole, né le 12 septembre 1940 à Palmerston North et mort le 17 juillet 2019 à Hamilton[1], est un rameur d'aviron néo-zélandais.

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[it] Warren Cole

Warren Joseph Cole (Palmerston North, 12 settembre 1940 – Hamilton, 17 luglio 2019) è stato un canottiere neozelandese.

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[ru] Коул, Уоррен (гребец)

Уоррен Джозеф Коул (англ. Warren Joseph Cole; 12 сентября 1940[1][2], Палмерстон-Норт — 17 июля 2019[3], Гамильтон) — новозеландский гребец, выступавший за сборную Новой Зеландии по академической гребле в конце 1960-х — начале 1970-х годов. Чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Мехико, обладатель бронзовой медали чемпионата мира, победитель и призёр многих регат национального значения.

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