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| Birth name | Donald Alan Symon[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 20 May 1960[1] Christchurch, New Zealand[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 205 cm (6 ft 9 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 98 kg (216 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Avon Rowing Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Donald Alan 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]
- ^ a b c d e f Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Don Symon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ a b "Don Symon". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 7 November 2016.
- ^ "Edinburgh 1986 Commonwealth Games". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.