Warren Cole

This article is about New Zealand rower Warren Cole. For the US actor of the same name, see Warren Kole .

Warren Cole (born September 12, 1940 in Palmerston North - † July 17, 2019 ) was a New Zealand rower , who at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City in a foursome with helmsman with Dick Joyce , Dudley Storey , Ross Collinge and Simon Dickie ( Helmsman) won a gold medal. For this he was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990. At the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich , he finished sixth in the same discipline.

At the 1970 World Championships in Canada, he was third with the New Zealand eighth .

In addition, he also won the New Zealand championship several times:

• Eighth
  • 1970, 1971 for Whakatane
  • 1973 for Waikato.
• four
  • 1970, 1971 for Whakatane
• Two without a helmsman
  • 1968–1972 with Wybo Veldman for Whakatane

Cole worked for many years in the sales and marketing department of the National Dairy Association . He lived in Hamilton and was trading his own dairy equipment business.

Web links

• Warren Cole in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Biography on the New Zealand Olympic Committee website