Trevor Coker

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Trevor Ivan Coker (born October 1, 1949 in Wanganui , † August 23, 1981 ibid) was a New Zealand rower who won two Olympic medals in eighth .

At the 1972 Olympic Games on the Oberschleissheim regatta course near Munich, German rowers from the west competed as defending champions and those from the east as reigning world champions. The New Zealand eighth had won bronze at the 1970 World Cup. In 1972, Dick Joyce , Wybo Veldman , John Hunter , Gary Robertson and helmsman Simon Dickie were still in the boat from the bronze eight . Together with Lindsay Wilson , Athol Earl and Tony Hurt , Trevor Coker was also new. The New Zealanders won the final with almost three seconds ahead of the Americans, who finished just before the boat from the GDR.

The New Zealanders won bronze at the 1974 and 1975 World Championships, with only Wilson, Earl and Coker from the 1972 boat taking part in both World Championships. For the 1976 Olympic Games on the Bassin Olympique in Montreal, Hurt and Dickie also returned to eighth place, while the New Zealand eighth won the bronze medal, as at the two previous World Championships.

In 1981 Trevor Coker died of a brain tumor.

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SURNAME Coker, Trevor
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Coker, Trevor Ivan (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand rower and Olympian
DATE OF BIRTH October 1, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Wanganui
DATE OF DEATH 23rd August 1981
Place of death Wanganui