Bill Coventry
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| Birth name | William Michael Coventry[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 January 1967 Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Lynley Hannen | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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William Michael Coventry (born 26 January 1967) is a former New Zealand rower.[2]
Coventry was born in Hamilton in 1967.[1] He represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Campbell Clayton-Greene, Geoff Cotter, and Neil Gibson, where they came seventh.[3] At the 1989 World Rowing Championships at Bled, Yugoslavia, he won a Bronze in the men's four with Ian Wright, Alastair Mackintosh, and Campbell Clayton-Greene.[4]
He married fellow Olympic rower Lynley Hannen and they live with their children in Nelson.[5][6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Bill Coventry". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Bill Coventry". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rowing at the 1988 Seoul Summer Games: Men's Coxless Fours Final Round". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2016.
- ^ "Men's Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "Lynley Hannen". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 4 September 2016.
- ^ "Rowing: Cancer claims man with gift for speed". The New Zealand Herald. 21 May 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2016.
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