Chris White (rower)

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Chris White
MNZM
Personal information
Birth nameChristopher Sherratt White
Born (1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 (age 62)
Gisborne, New Zealand
Height190 cm (6 ft 3 in) [1]
Weight94 kg (207 lb) [1]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
Sport Rowing
Medal record
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1988 Seoul Coxed four
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1982 Rotsee Eight
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1983 Wedau Eight
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Nottingham Coxed four
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Tampere Coxed four
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1986 Edinburgh Coxed four

Christopher Sherratt White MNZM (born 9 September 1960) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic Bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is described as "one of the giants of New Zealand rowing" and with 38 national titles, holds the record for most domestic rowing titles in New Zealand.

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Life

White was born on 9 September 1960 in Gisborne, New Zealand. [2] Richard White, an All Black, was his father. He was a member of the Waikato Rowing Club and in the 1980/81 rowing season, he became national champion in the coxed pairs, pairing with Greg Johnston and Noel Parris as cox. [3] He first represented New Zealand at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Oberschleißheim outside of Munich, Germany, where he rowed with the eight. [4] With the New Zealand eight, he won world championships in 1982 and 1983 at Rotsee, Switzerland and at Wedau, Germany, respectively. [4]

White competed at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in the eights which finished fourth. At the 1988 Olympics, White won Bronze in the coxed four along with George Keys, Greg Johnston, Ian Wright and Andrew Bird (cox). At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the coxless four, he finished fourth and thirteenth, respectively. [4]

In 1986 he won Silver medals in the coxed four at both the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh the World Rowing Championships in Nottingham. [4] At the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, White won a Silver medal in the coxed four, with Murdoch Dryden, Andrew Matheson, Chris McAsey, and Michael Whittaker as cox. [5] White has won a total of 38 National Rowing titles, easily the most in New Zealand. [4] He was on the athletes' support staff for the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester and has been on the New Zealand Olympic Committee’s athletes commission for eight years. He is also the manager of Olympic and World Champion rowers Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. [4]

In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year. [6] The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995. [7] In the 2000 New Year Honours, White was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Chris White". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 2 October 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chris White". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  3. ↑ "History of Waikato Rowing Club". Waikato Rowing Club. Archived from the original on 6 April 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Chris White". Olympic.org.nz. New Zealand Olympic Committee. Archived from the original on 22 May 2010. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "Men's Coxed Four - Final". FISA. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "1980's [sic]". Halberg Awards . Retrieved 5 October 2015.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Eight, 1982". New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 5 October 2015.
  8. ↑ "New Year honours list 2000". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 1999. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
Awards
Preceded by New Zealand Sportsman of the Year
1982
With: Tony Brook, George Keys, Les O'Connell, Dave Rodger, Mike Stanley, Andrew Stevenson, Roger White-Parsons, Andy Hay 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Lonsdale Cup of the New Zealand Olympic Committee
1995		Succeeded by
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