Don Symon

Don Symon
Personal information
Birth name Donald Alan Symon[1]
Born (1960-05-20) 20 May 1960[1]
Christchurch, New Zealand[1]
Height 205 cm (6 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Avon Rowing Club[1]
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
1984 Los Angeles Coxed four
Commonwealth Games
1986 Edinburgh Coxless four
1986 Edinburgh Eight

Donald Alan "Don" Symon (born 20 May 1960) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

Symon was born in 1960 in Christchurch, New Zealand.[2] Along with Kevin Lawton, Barrie Mabbott, Ross Tong and Brett Hollister (cox) Symon won the bronze medal in the coxed four. Symon also won a silver medal in the coxless four and a bronze medal in the eight at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh.[3] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 508 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Don Symon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Don Symon". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.


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