Name Gary Robertson | Role Olympic athlete | |
Olympic medals Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's eight Similar People Athol Earl, Dick Joyce, Simon Dickie, Franklin Hobbs | ||
Gary David Robertson (born 12 April 1950 in Oamaru, Otago) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
He teamed with Dick Joyce, Wybo Veldman, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Athol Earl, Trevor Coker and Tony Hurt and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the gold medal in the coxed eight. Robertson is only one of two New Zealand Olympic gold medallists who never managed to win a national premier title. Robertson is the nephew of famed New Zealand rowing coach Rusty Robertson. His daughter, who is also a rower, married Olympic champion rower Eric Murray. The Robertsons lived in Australia for a while but returned to live in Cambridge, New Zealand when their daughter was pregnant.
Gary Robertson later worked as a full-time rowing coach in Christchurch. He now coaches at Waikato Diocesean School for Girls, previously Sydney Rowing Club.