Murray Watkinson
Murray Paul Watkinson (born June 11, 1939 in Auckland , New Zealand , † January 19, 2004 ) was a New Zealand rower who took part in the Olympic Games twice.
Murray Watkinson achieved his first great success at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Australia in 1962 , when he and his brother Peter won the silver medal behind the English double scull. Two years later, Murray Watkinson reached the finals in the one at the 1964 Olympic Games and finished fifth.
At the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines , Watkinson rowed in the New Zealand eighth , who won bronze behind the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union. In the following year Watkinson entered the rowing European championships in 1971 again in the single and took third place behind the Argentine Alberto Demiddi and Götz Draeger from the GDR ; until the rowing world championships were held every year from 1974 onwards, non-Europeans like Demiddi and Watkinson could also compete in the European championships. Also at the 1972 Olympic Games on the Oberschleissheim regatta course near Munich, Watkinson started in the single, but did not reach the final, but finished fourth in the B-final in tenth place in the overall standings.
Web links
- Murray Watkinson in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- World Championships in the eighth
- European championships in one
- Medalist rowing at Commonwealth Games
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Watkinson, Murray |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Watkinson, Murray Paul (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auckland |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 19, 2004 |