Peter Mander
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 Peter Mander (right) with Jack Cropp (left), 1956 |
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Peter Garth Mander , OBE (born July 4, 1928 in Christchurch , † June 21, 1998 ibid) was a New Zealand sailor .
successes
Peter Mander took part in two Olympic Games . In 1956 in Melbourne he started with Jack Cropp in the Sharpie boat class and became Olympic champion in this class . Although they were initially classified in second place overall after the last race, after a protest by the French crew, the top-placed Australians were disqualified for the last race. The two New Zealanders were tied on points with the Australians John Scott and Rolly Tasker , but had won three of the seven races, whereas the Australians only had two wins. Due to the larger number of races won, Mander and Cropp received the gold medal, while Scott and Tasker received silver. It was New Zealand's first ever Olympic gold medal in sailing. At the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 1964 , Mander, who had ended his career after the 1956 Games and is now making a comeback, finished fourth in the Finn boat class and thus missed another medal win. Mander was New Zealand champion eleven times.
In 1990 Mander and Cropp were inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame . At the end of 1991 he received the Officer's Cross of the Order of the British Empire for his sporting success . At times, Mander, who also worked as a boat designer and builder, was President of the New Zealand Yachting Federation . He was married and had three children.
Web links
- Peter Mander in the database of World Sailing (English)
- Peter Mander in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Peter Mander at the New Zealand Olympic Committee (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ NZ sailing great Cropp dies at 89. In: au.news.yahoo.com. June 27, 2016, archived from the original on August 15, 2016 ; accessed on March 13, 2020 .
- ^ London Gazette (Supplement). No. 52768, HMSO, London, December 30, 1991, p. 29 ( PDF , accessed March 13, 2020, English).
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mander, Peter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Mander, Peter Garth (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand sailor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Christchurch , New Zealand |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 21, 1998 |
| Place of death | Christchurch , New Zealand |