Gil Cawood

Gil Cawood
Personal information
Birth name Gilbert Mervyn Cawood
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1939-12-04) 4 December 1939[1]
Hamilton, New Zealand
Height 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight 83 kg (183 lb)[1]
Sport
Club Waikato Rowing Club

Gilbert Mervyn "Gil" Cawood (born 4 December 1939) is a New Zealand rower.

Cawood was born in 1939 in Hamilton, New Zealand.[1][2] He was a foundation member of the Waikato Rowing Club.[3] He represented New Zealand at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 218 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[4] At the 1970 World Rowing Championships in St. Catharines in Canada, he won a bronze medal with the coxed eight.[5]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Gil Cawood". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. "Gil Cawood". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. "History of Waikato Rowing Club". Waikato Rowing Club. Retrieved 20 September 2016.
  4. "Gil Cawood". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. "Rudern – Weltmeisterschaften. Achter – Herren" [Rowing - World Championships. Eight - Men]. Sport-Komplett.de (in German). Archived from the original on 17 October 2014.


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