Gary Robertson (rower)

Gary David Robertson ( born April 12, 1950 in Oamaru ) is a former New Zealand rower, the 1972 Olympic champion in the eighth.

At the World Cup 1970 in St. Catharines, the New Zealand eight finished second in the occupation of Warren Cole, Wybo Veldman, Murray Watkinson, John Hunter, Dick Joyce, Dudley Storey, Gary Robertson, Gilbert Cawood and Simon Dickie third place behind the boats from the GDR and from the Soviet Union. Triremes from this boat had competed in the eighth at the 1968 Olympic Games and finished fourth, three rowers and coxswain Simon Dickie had become in the coxed four Olympic gold medalist; were new Watkinson and Robertson, said Robertson was the nephew of the coach Rusty Robertson.

After some changes to the aft In 1971 at the European Championships in Copenhagen in the cast Tony Hurt, Wybo Veldman, Dick Joyce, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker, Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie and won before the boats from the GDR and the Soviet Union.

At the Olympic Games in 1972 at the Rowing Course near Munich, the New Zealand Roller won in the same cast as in 1971 in Copenhagen, his heat, but lost in the semifinals of the eight Germany. Apparently, the New Zealanders had but merely saving powers, because in the Olympic final won the New Zealand boat safe from the boats from the United States and the GDR, the boats from the Soviet Union and the Federal Republic of Germany remained behind without medals.