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George Keys

George Keys
Personal information
Born (1959-12-12) 12 December 1959 (age 65)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Coxed four
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1982 Rotsee Eight
Gold medal – first place 1983 Wedau Eight

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.[1]

Keys was born in 1959 in the Christchurch suburb of Burwood. He was a member of the Avon Rowing Club.[2] At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat four.[3] At the 1983 World Rowing Championships at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat seven.[4] At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Keys competed in the eights which finished fourth.[5] At the 1988 Olympics, he won Bronze in the coxed four along with Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, Chris White and Andrew Bird (cox).[6]

In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year.[7] The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[8]

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ "George Keys". International Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  3. ^ "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Archived from the original on 8 October 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  5. ^ "Men's Eight – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  6. ^ "Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  7. ^ "1980's [sic]". Halberg Awards. Retrieved 5 October 2015.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Eight, 1982". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
Awards
Preceded by 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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