Les O'Connell
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Representing  New Zealand |
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| Men's Rowing | ||
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1984 Los Angeles | Coxless Four |
| World Rowing Championships | ||
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1982 Rotsee | Eight |
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1983 Duisburg | Coxed Four |
Les O'Connell (born 23 May 1958 in Timaru, New Zealand) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, USA. Along with Shane O'Brien, Conrad Robertson, and Keith Trask he won Gold in the coxless four. At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a Gold medal with the New Zealand eight seated in the bow.[1]
In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year.[2] The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.[3]
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| Preceded by | New Zealand Sportsman of the Year 1982 With: Tony Brook, George Keys, Dave Rodger, Mike Stanley, Andrew Stevenson, Chris White, Roger White-Parsons, Andy Hay |
Succeeded by Chris Lewis |
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- 1958 births
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- New Zealand rowers
- Olympic rowers of New Zealand
- Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand
- Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Timaru
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Male rowers
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- World Rowing Championships medalists
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