Bill Coventry

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Bill Coventry
Personal information
Birth nameWilliam Michael Coventry [1]
Born (1967-01-26) 26 January 1967 (age 56)
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height185 cm (6 ft 1 in) [1]
Weight81 kg (179 lb) [1]
Spouse(s) Lynley Hannen
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
World Rowing Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1989 Bled M4-

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]

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References

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  2. "Bill Coventry". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 4 October 2015.
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  5. "Lynley Hannen". New Zealand Olympic Committee . Retrieved 4 September 2016.
  6. "Rowing: Cancer claims man with gift for speed". The New Zealand Herald . 21 May 2001. Retrieved 3 September 2016.