Trevor Coker
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Rowing | |||
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| Gold | Munich 1972 | Eights | |
| Bronze | Montreal 1976 | Eights | |
Trevor Coker (born 1 October 1949 in Wanganui, New Zealand - died 1981) was a former New Zealand rower who won 2 Olympic medals. At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich he teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Tony Hurt and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the Gold medal in the eights. At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal he again crewed the eight which this time won the Bronze medal. His crewmates this time were Alex McLean, Ivan Sutherland, Tony Hurt, Peter Dignan, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl and Dave Rodger and Simon Dickie (cox).
Tragically, Coker died of a brain tumour in 1981.
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