Reg Douglas
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| Born | Reginald Alexander Douglas 19 April 1930 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 20 February 2025 (aged 94) Cromwell, New Zealand |
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Reginald Alexander Douglas (19 April 1930 – 20 February 2025) was a New Zealand rower.
Biography
[edit | edit source]Douglas was born in Auckland on 19 April 1930.[1] At both the 1954 and 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, he won the gold medal in the men's coxless pair alongside Bob Parker. He also won the silver medal in the men's double sculls with Parker at the 1954 British Empire Games.[2]
Douglas and Parker also competed together at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, finishing third in their semi-final in the coxless pair, missing out in a place in the final.[1]
In September 2023, Douglas was acknowledged as New Zealand's oldest living Olympian.[2] He died in Cromwell on 20 February 2025, at the age of 94.[3][4][5]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Reginald Alexander Douglas at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Reginald Douglas at OlympediaLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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Categories:
- 1930 births
- 2025 deaths
- Rowers from Auckland
- New Zealand male rowers
- Olympic rowers for New Zealand
- Rowers at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Rowers at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rowing
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in rowing
- Medallists at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- Medallists at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
- 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen
- New Zealand rowing biography stubs