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| Birth name | David Gerard Simmons | ||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 October 1955 [1] Christchurch, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 50 kg (110 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||
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| Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||
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David Gerard Simmons CNZM (born 6 October 1955) is a New Zealand lecturer in tourism policy. During his university years, he was a rowing cox, winning bronze medals at two world rowing championships.
Simmons was born in 1955 in Christchurch. [1] [2] He was the cox for the eight in the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain, and won a bronze medal. [3] He represented New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 375 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. [4]
Simmons gained a Bachelor of Science and then a Master of Applied Science from the University of Canterbury. [5] He wrote his PhD at the University of Waterloo in Canada. Since 1980, he has lectured in tourism policy at Lincoln University, where he is now an emeritus professor. [6]
In the 2023 New Year Honours, Simmons was appointed a Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM), for services to tourism and tertiary education. [7]
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