Tony Popplewell

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Tony Popplewell
ONZM
Personal information
Birth nameAnthony George Popplewell
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1941-05-01) 1 May 1941 (age 82)[1]
Rotherham, New Zealand
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)[1]

Anthony George Popplewell

ONZM (born 1 May 1941) is a New Zealand rower
.

Popplewell was born in 1941 in

Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing and sports administration.[4]

Popplewell was operations director for the 2010 World Rowing Championships held at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand.[5] Along with Ivan Sutherland, Nathan Twaddle, and John Wylie, Popplewell is on the executive of the New Zealand Rowing Foundation, an organisation aiming to fund junior and under-23 rowers who don't qualify for high performance funding.[6]

References

  1. ^
    International Rowing Federation
    . Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tony Popplewell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. ^ "Tony Popplewell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. ^ "New Year honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. The Sunday Star-Times
    . Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  6. ^ "New Zealand Rowing Foundation". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 19 September 2016.