Ronald Snook

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Ronald "Ron" Charles Snook (born May 5, 1972 in Dalwallinu ) is a former Australian rower . He won an Olympic bronze medal in 1996.

The older brother of rower Emmy Snook took in 1996 in the quadruple sculls at the Olympic Games in Atlanta in part. Janusz Hooker , Duncan Free , Ronald Snook and Boden Hanson won their preliminary run and finished second behind the Italians in the semi-finals. In the final, the boat from Germany won ahead of the boat from the United States. Two and a half seconds behind the Americans and half a second ahead of the Italians, the Australians won the bronze medal.

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  1. Volker Kluge : Olympic Summer Games. Chronicle IV. Seoul 1988 - Atlanta 1996. Sportverlag Berlin, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-328-00830-6 . P. 836f
  2. No results are assigned to the entry by Ronald Snook, according to worldrowing.com Craig Jones ( Craig Jones at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database ), accessed July 22, 2020) was the fourth man in 1996. It is possible that further results, attributed to Craig Jones, actually belong to Ronald Snook.