John Cuneo (sailor)

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John Cuneo
Personal information
Full nameJohn Bruce Cuneo
Born16 June 1928 (1928-06-16)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died2 June 2020 (2020-06-03) (aged 91)
Height168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight66 kg (146 lb)
Sailing career
ClassDragon
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1972 Munich Dragon

John Bruce Cuneo

sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members Thomas Anderson and John Shaw.[1][2] Cuneo sailed on board Southern Cross, the defeated Australian challenger for the 1974 America's Cup. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[3]

Cuneo was inducted into the

Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986[4] and into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009.[5] In 2018 Cuneo, Anderson and Shaw were inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.[6] Cuneo died on 2 June 2020, aged 91.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Cuneo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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  4. ^ "John Cuneo". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  5. ^ "Mr John Cuneo". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  6. ^ "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  7. Olympedia
    . Retrieved 3 June 2020.

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