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| Birth name | Allan Douglas Horan |
| Born | 12 May 1961 [1] |
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) [1] |
| Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) [1] |
| Relative | Geoff Horan (brother) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
Allan Douglas "Jack" Horan (born 12 May 1961) is an Olympian oarsman who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics as a representative of New Zealand.
Horan was born in 1961 in Te Awamutu. [1] His family left Te Awamutu for Tauranga. During attendance at Otumoetai College, he began his rowing career. [2] He had his first podium placement in the Springbok Shield (U18 coxed four), at the Maadi Cup regatta in 1977, where his team came second. At the 1978 Maadi Cup, his coxed four won the competition. [2] After finishing college he returned to live in Te Awamutu and joined the Waikato Rowing Club, based at Lake Karapiro. As of 2003 he lived in Cambridge, New Zealand.
Horan represented New Zealand in the coxless pair, with brother Geoff Horan, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles. They came ninth in the competition. [1] [3]
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