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| Birth name | Gilbert Mervyn Cawood | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 December 1939[1] Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 2022 (aged 82) Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 83 kg (183 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Waikato Rowing Club | ||||||||||||||
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Gilbert Mervyn Cawood (4 December 1939 – 28 August 2022) was a New Zealand rower.
Cawood was born in 1939 in Hamilton, New Zealand.[1][2] He was a foundation member of the Waikato Rowing Club.[3] He represented New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 218 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[4] At the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines in Canada, he won a bronze medal with the eight.[5] He died at Waikato Hospital in Hamilton, on 28 August 2022, at the age of 82.[6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Gil Cawood". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gil Cawood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
- ^ "History of Waikato Rowing Club". Waikato Rowing Club. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
- ^ Gil Cawood at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- ^ "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Achter – Herren" [Rowing – World Championships. Eight – Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.
- ^ "Gilbert Mervyn Cawood". The New Zealand Herald. 31 August 2022. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
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