Dudley Storey

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Dudley Leonard Storey (born November 27, 1939 in Wairoa , † March 6, 2017 in Auckland ) was a New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals.

Storey began his career in 1954 with the West End Rowing Club , then rowed during his international career with the Auckland Rowing Club and then moved back to the West End Rowing Club . At the Olympic Games in 1964 he competed in a four-man with helmsman and reached eighth place. Four years later, at the 1968 Olympic Games on the regatta course in Xochimilco near Mexico City, together with Dick Joyce , Ross Collinge , Warren Cole and the helmsman Simon Dickie, he won the Olympic gold medal in a four-man with in front of the boats from the GDR and Switzerland. This was the first ever Olympic gold medal for New Zealand's rowers and the first medal in 36 years.

At the 1970 World Championships in St. Catharines , Storey, Cole, Joyce and Dickie rowed in the New Zealand eighth , which won bronze behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union. At the 1972 Olympic Games on the Oberschleißheim regatta course near Munich, Storey competed with Richard Tonks , Ross Collinge and Noel Mills in a four-man without a helmsman , the boat won the silver medal behind the four-man from the GDR.

After his career, Storey was active as a rowing coach. In the 1980s he was in charge of the New Zealand national team.

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SURNAME Storey, Dudley
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Storey, Dudley Leonard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 27, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Wairoa
DATE OF DEATH March 6, 2017
Place of death Auckland