Profile details
- Born
- 12 Apr 1950
- Birthplace
- Oamaru
- Country
- New Zealand
- Height
- 185 cm
- Sport
- Rowing
- Discipline
- Aquatic
- Category
- Men
- Status
- Active
District, weight, playing style, coach, academy, national ranking and international ranking are not yet recorded for this athlete.
Honours & Awards
- No recorded honours or awards.
Competition Appearances
1 recorded appearance, most significant first.
- ·1972 Summer Olympics – men's eight
Career Timeline
- 1972Competed at rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – men's eight
Statistics
About
Gary David Robertson (born 12 April 1950 in Oamaru, Otago) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl, Trevor Coker and Tony Hurt and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the gold medal in the eight. Robertson is one of only two New Zealand Olympic gold medallists who never won a national premier title.
Biography adapted from Gary Robertson (rower) on Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.