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Full name | Colin Healey Dickinson |
Born | Wanganui, New Zealand | 14 October 1931
Died | 9 August 2006 74) | (aged
Colin Healey Dickinson (14 October 1931 – 9 August 2006) was a New Zealand cyclist. He competed in the men's sprint and the tandem events at the 1952 Summer Olympics. [1]
In 1990, Dickinson was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. [2]
Anthony Alexander Jarrett is a male former sprint and hurdling athlete from England.
Macleans College is a co-educational state secondary school located in Eastern Beach, Auckland, New Zealand. The school is named after the Scottish MacLean family who lived and farmed the land of the school and surrounding reserves, and the school emblem contains the castle from their family crest along with six waves which symbolise the seaside location of the school. Metro placed Macleans College as the number one Auckland high school in 2010 among those in the Cambridge International Examinations system. In 2014, Macleans College ranked 2nd nationally in the Cambridge International Examinations.
Lisa Harrow is a New Zealand RADA-trained actress, noted for her roles in British theatre, films and television. She is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Nancy Astor in the British BBC television drama Nancy Astor.
The following lists events that happened during 1903 in New Zealand.
Gregory Thomas Yelavich is a competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander (12). He was the New Zealand flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He has represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games — Seoul 1988 and Barcelona 1992.
New Zealand competed at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, Netherlands with a team of four athletes, four swimmers and two boxers. Seven men and three women represented their country, accompanied by four others. The athletes were led by Arthur Porritt, who was the only New Zealand competitor who had attended the previous Summer Olympics in 1924; Porritt would four decades later become New Zealand's 11th Governor-General. The team won one medal; boxer Ted Morgan won gold in the men's welterweight. Excluding Malcolm Champion's gold as part of a combined Australasia team in 1912, this was New Zealand's first Olympic gold medal.
Gary John Anderson is a former track and road cyclist from New Zealand who won an Olympic bronze medal and three Commonwealth Games gold medals.
Colin Batch is a professional international field hockey coach and former international player from Australia. Batch is the head coach of the Australian Men's national hockey team the Kookaburras following his appointment on Tuesday 6 December 2016. He was the head coach of the New Zealand Men's national hockey team the Black Sticks between 2013 and 2016. Prior to this he was the head coach of the Belgium Men's national hockey team the Red Lions from 2010 to 2012. From 2001 to 2008 he was the assistant coach of the most successful Australian Men's national hockey team the Kookaburras in history. During this era Australia broke their Olympic hoodoo winning the gold medal at the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Silver at the 2002 and 2006 World Cups, Gold at the 2002 and 2006 Commonwealth Games and gold at the 2005 and 2008 Champions Trophies.
Barbara Anne Kendall is a former boardsailor from New Zealand. She competed at five Summer Olympic Games and won gold, silver and bronze medals.
Peter Campbell Renner is a retired New Zealand track and field athlete from Mosgiel, New Zealand who mostly competed in the 3000 metres steeplechase. Renner competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and the 1982, 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games and holds the national and Oceania record of 8:14.05 for the 3000m Steeplechase.
Colin Gordon Johnstone was a New Zealand rowing coxswain who mostly competed in coxed fours. He won a gold medal at the 1950 British Empire Games, and competed at the 1952 and 1956 Summer Olympics.
Mark Herring is an international swimmer and New Zealand Olympiad 1041 who competed for New Zealand in the 2008 Summer Olympics in the 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay, describing it as "a highlight of his swimming career." He competed in the 50 metre and the 100 metre freestyle events at the 2007 World Aquatics Championships. He has competed in the Oceania Swimming Championships in the 50 metere freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, and 4x100 metere freestyle and has won a total of 7 medals, 3 gold, 2 silver, and 2 bronze. His father, Colin Herring, had competed for New Zealand in two swimming events at the 1972 Summer Olympics.
The 1975 Scotland rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of seven matches played by the Scotland national rugby union team in New Zealand in May and June 1975. The Scotland team won four of their matches and lost the other three. They lost the only international match against the New Zealand national rugby union team in a game played in a downpour on a saturated pitch.
The New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal was a commemorative medal awarded in New Zealand in 1990 to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi, and was awarded to 3,632 people.
Colin Kenneth Beashel is an Australian sailor who crewed on the winning America's Cup team Australia II in 1983 and competed at six Olympics between 1984 and 2004, winning bronze in 1996. He became, jointly with Brazilian Torben Grael, the eighth sailor to compete at six Olympics. He helmed Australia Challenge at the 1992 Louis Vuitton Cup.
Nigel James Donnelly is a New Zealand cyclist, who won a gold medal representing his country at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He also competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Jon David Andrews is a New Zealand cycling coach and former Olympic cyclist. He won two bronze medals at the 1990 Commonwealth Games. He competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics.
Colin Frederick Walker, OLY is an English former athlete who specialised in the 3000 metres steeplechase.
Colin Herring is a New Zealand swimmer. He competed in two events at the 1972 Summer Olympics and is New Zealand Olympian number 280. His son Mark swam for New Zealand at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Christine Joy Pfitzinger is a New Zealand former middle-distance runner. She represented New Zealand at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where she competed in the 3000 metres. She represented New Zealand in the 1987 and 1991 IAAF World Championships and in the 1982, 1986 and 1990 Commonwealth Games. Christine won nine New Zealand national athletic championship titles: the 800 metres in 1982 and 1987; the 1500 metres in 1986, 1987, 1990 and 1999; and the 3000 metres in 1984, 1988 and 1990.