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New Zealand rower
Greg Johnston
Birth name Peter Gregory Johnston Born 16 May 1959 (1959-05-16 ) (age 65)
[1]
Devonport , New Zealand Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
[1] Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
[1] Sport Rowing Club Waikato Rowing Club
[1]
Peter Gregory Johnston (born 16 May 1959), known as Greg Johnston , is a former New Zealand
rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the
1988 Summer Olympics in
Seoul . During his rowing career, Johnston has won 26 national championship titles in rowing, and was world champion in 1983 in the coxed four event.
National rowing
Johnston was born in 1959 in
Devonport , New Zealand.
[2] He received his secondary education at
Melville High School in
Hamilton , where he was
dux .
[2] He was discovered as a rowing talent by
Harry Mahon , who was a teacher at the school and later became national rowing coach. Johnston joined the
Waikato Rowing Club and from 1978 onwards, he won a total of 26 national rowing titles: ten titles in the eight, nine titles in the four, two titles in coxless pair, and five titles in coxed pair.
[2]
International rowing
His first international success came in the
1978 World Rowing Championships at
Lake Karapiro , his home training ground, when he won bronze with the New Zealand eight.
[3] A year later, Johnston's New Zealand eight won silver at the
1979 World Rowing Championships in
Bled , Yugoslavia.
[4] He was selected for the
1980 Summer Olympics in
Moscow but did not compete due to New Zealand joining the
Olympic boycott .
[2]
At the
1981 World Rowing Championships , the eight missed the A final and came seventh overall.
[5] At the
1983 World Rowing Championships in
Duisburg , Germany, he was a member of the coxed four (alongside
Conrad Robertson ,
Keith Trask ,
Les O'Connell , and
Brett Hollister as cox) and won gold.
[6] At the
1984 Summer Olympics in
Los Angeles , Johnston was again member of the New Zealand eight and they entered the competition as the favourite, with their strongest competitor, East Germany, absent due to the
Eastern Bloc boycott , the Kiwis were the favourite to win the event. In the end, the eight finished a disappointing fourth and missed out on a medal.
[7]
At the
1986 World Rowing Championships at
Nottingham in the United Kingdom, he won a silver in the men's coxed four with
Nigel Atherfold ,
Bruce Holden ,
Chris White , and
Andrew Bird as cox.
[8] At the
1986 Commonwealth Games he was in the coxed four which won the silver medal.
[2]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Johnston won bronze in the
coxed four along with
George Keys ,
Ian Wright ,
Chris White and
Andrew Bird (cox).
[9]
Later life
After retiring from rowing, Johnston lived on the West Coast and worked as an accountant. He also worked as a policeman and as a deer farmer in
Geraldine . Together with his brother, he owns a deer farm near
Kaikōura . He is now married with two children and three grandchildren. Johnston now lives in Kaipaki.[
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1962 :
(
Bernd-Jürgen Marschner ,
Peter Neusel ,
Bernhard Britting ,
Manfred Ross , cox
Jürgen Oelke )
1966 :
(
Hanno Melzer ,
Horst Bagdonat ,
Helmut Hänsel ,
Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna , cox
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1970 :
(
Peter Berger ,
Hans-Johann Färber ,
Gerhard Auer ,
Alois Bierl , cox
Stefan Voncken )
1974 :
(
Andreas Schulz ,
Rüdiger Kunze ,
Ullrich Dießner ,
Walter Dießner , cox
Wolfgang Groß )
1975 :
(
Vladimir Eshinov ,
Nikolay Ivanov ,
Aleksandr Sema ,
Aleksandr Klepikov , cox
Aleksandr Lukyanov )
1977 :
(
Dieter Wendisch ,
Walter Dießner ,
Gottfried Döhn ,
Ullrich Dießner , cox
Andreas Gregor )
1978 :
(
Ullrich Dießner ,
Gottfried Döhn ,
Walter Dießner ,
Dieter Wendisch , cox
Andreas Gregor )
1979 :
(
Bernd Schlufter ,
Walter Dießner ,
Jens Doberschütz ,
Ullrich Dießner , cox
Werner Lutz )
1981 :
(
Dietmar Schiller ,
Jörg Friedrich ,
Bernd Niesecke ,
Harald Jährling , cox
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1982 :
(
Thomas Greiner ,
Hans Sennewald ,
Ulrich Kons ,
Ullrich Dießner , cox
Andreas Gregor )
1983 :
(
Conrad Robertson ,
Greg Johnston ,
Keith Trask ,
Les O'Connell , cox
Brett Hollister )
1985 :
(
Sigitas Kučinskas ,
Ivan Visotchkin ,
Vladimir Romanishin ,
Igor Zotov , cox
Mikhail Sassov )
1986 :
(
Frank Klawonn ,
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Bernd Niesecke ,
Karsten Schmeling , cox
Hendrik Reiher )
1987 :
(
Frank Klawonn ,
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Bernd Niesecke ,
Karsten Schmeling , cox
Hendrik Reiher )
1989 :
(
Vasile Năstase ,
Dimitrie Popescu ,
Valentin Robu ,
Vasile Tomoiagă , cox
Marin Gheorghe )
1990 :
(
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Mario Gruessel ,
Detlef Kirchhoff ,
Stefan Schulz , cox
Hendrik Reiher )
1991 :
(
Armin Eichholz ,
Bahne Rabe ,
Matthias Ungemach ,
Armin Weyrauch , cox
Joerg Dedering )
1993 :
(
Dorin Alupei ,
Iulică Ruican ,
Nicolae Țaga ,
Viorel Talapan , cox
Marin Gheorghe )
1994 :
(
Valentin Robu ,
Iulică Ruican ,
Viorel Talapan ,
Florian Tudor , cox
Marin Gheorghe )
1995 :
(
Chris Ahrens ,
Porter Collins ,
Ben Holbrook ,
Scott Munn , cox
Peter Cipollone )
1996 :
(
Dorin Alupei ,
Gabriel Marin ,
Iulică Ruican ,
Viorel Talapan , cox
Alexei Raducanu )
1997 :
(
Antoine Béghin ,
Vincent Maliszewski ,
Bernard Roche ,
Laurent Béghin , cox
Christophe Lattaignant )
1998 :
(
Drew Ginn ,
Nick Green ,
Mike McKay ,
James Tomkins , cox
Brett Hayman )
1999 :
(
Tom Murray ,
Daniel Protz ,
Garrett Klugh ,
Jake Wetzel , cox
Sean Mulligan )
2000 :
(
Rick Dunn ,
Toby Garbett ,
Graham Smith ,
Steve Williams , cox
Alistair Potts )
2001 :
(
Gilles Bosquet ,
Vincent Gazan ,
Vincent Millot ,
Sidney Chouraqui , cox
Christophe Lattaignant )
2002 :
(
Tom Stallard ,
Steve Trapmore ,
Luka Grubor ,
Kieran West , cox
Christian Cormack )
2003 :
(
Brian McDonough ,
Matt Deakin ,
Jason Flickinger ,
Lucas McGee , cox
Marcus McElhenney )
2004 :
(
Lorenzo Carboncini ,
Stefano Introzzi ,
Edoardo Verzotti ,
Valerio Massimo , cox
Alessandro Speranza )
2005 :
(
Nicolas Podpovitny ,
Vincent Durupt ,
Alex Johnatan Mathis ,
Lionel Jacquiot , cox
Nicolas Majerus )
2006 :
(
Jan-Martin Bröer ,
Matthias Flach ,
Philipp Naruhn ,
Florian Eichner , cox
Martin Sauer )
2007 :
(
Matt Deakin ,
Dan Beery ,
Samuel Burns ,
Christopher Liwski , cox
Edmund del Guercio )