Ross Tong
Appearance
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Birth name | Ross Stuart Tong | ||||||||||||||
Born | [1] Wanganui, New Zealand | 21 April 1961||||||||||||||
Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Relative | Allan Tong (father) | ||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Waikato Rowing Club[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ross Stuart Tong (born 21 April 1961) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Tong was born in 1961 in Wanganui, New Zealand.[2] His father, Allan Tong, was an Olympic rower in 1956.[3] Along with Don Symon, Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott and Brett Hollister (cox), Tong Jr. won the bronze medal in the coxed four in 1984.[1] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 515 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[2]
Tong is a former police officer.[2] For some time, he coached rowing at King's College in Auckland.[2] Tong is now Director of Sport at St John's College, Hamilton.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ross Tong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d "Ross Tong". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Allan Tong". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ "Sports Institute". St John's College, Hamilton. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
- ^ Thompson, Chris (20 March 2014). "School crews in top gear". Rodney Times. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
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Categories:
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- New Zealand male rowers
- Olympic rowers for New Zealand
- Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Rowers from Whanganui
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand Olympic medalist stubs
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