Identified Athletes - NZL

The M4- final at the Munich Games 1972 was one of the toughest in Olympic history:

"Frank Forberger, Frank Rühle, Dieter Grahn and Dieter Schubert, masters of their sport,

won after a most thrilling race - a tremendous duel! New Zealand and East Germany

startet at 39. At 500 metres, the East Germans led by 21/100 sec. At 1,000 metres,

the New Zealanders led by 92/100 sec. During the third quarter of the race, the New

Zealanders made an enormous effort which sent them past the 1,500 metre mark with

a lenght's lead. The East Germans did not lose heart. They pulled out all stops and came

back, to win in total exhaustion. It was their sixth FISA title since 1966 - the seventh,

in fact, for Dieter Schubert!" (Quote from "The FISA Centenary Book" by Jean-Louis

Meuret (1992), p. 162)

   M2- second heat: 1. GBR, 2. NZL, 3. NED

  The description on the back is not correct:

  the image on the left shows the second

  heat (same photo as CC GER 1932 OG

  Los Angeles M2-) and not the final

M2- final: 1. GBR (H.A. Edwards & L. Clive)          8:00,0

                2. NZL (C. Stiles & F. Thompson)          8:02,4

                3. POL (H. Budzinski & J. Mikolajczak)   8:08,2

                4. NED (G. Roell & P. Roelofsen)           8:08,4

Gary Robertson (bow)

Trevor Coker

Athol Earl

Lindsay Wilson

John Hunter

Richard Joyce

Wybo Veldman

Tony Hurt (stroke)

cox Simon Dickie

    Hanna Prakatsen (ROC), Emma Twigg (NZL),

Magdalena Lobnig (AUT), Stefanos Ntouskos (GRE)

Hanna Prakatsen (ROC), W1X silver medal winner

    W1X gold medal winner ERC Varese 2021