New Zealand rower
Greg Johnston
Birth name Peter Gregory Johnston Born 16 May 1959 (1959-05-16 ) (age [ 1] Devonport , New Zealand Height 195 cm (6 ft 5 in)[ 1] Weight 91 kg (201 lb)[ 1] Sport Rowing Club Waikato Rowing Club[ 1]
Peter Gregory Johnston (born 16 May 1959), known as Greg Johnston , is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul . During his rowing career, Johnston has won 26 national championship titles in rowing, and was world champion in 1983 in the coxed four event.
National rowing
Johnston was born in 1959 in Devonport , New Zealand.[ 2] Melville High School in Hamilton , where he was dux .[ 2] Harry Mahon , who was a teacher at the school and later became national rowing coach. Johnston joined the Waikato Rowing Club and from 1978 onwards, he won a total of 26 national rowing titles: ten titles in the eight, nine titles in the four, two titles in coxless pair, and five titles in coxed pair.[ 2]
International rowing
His first international success came in the 1978 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro , his home training ground, when he won bronze with the New Zealand eight.[ 3] 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled , Yugoslavia.[ 4] 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow but did not compete due to New Zealand joining the Olympic boycott .[ 2]
At the 1981 World Rowing Championships , the eight missed the A final and came seventh overall.[ 5] 1983 World Rowing Championships in Duisburg , Germany, he was a member of the coxed four (alongside Conrad Robertson , Keith Trask , Les O'Connell , and Brett Hollister as cox) and won gold.[ 6] 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , Johnston was again member of the New Zealand eight and they entered the competition as the favourite, with their strongest competitor, East Germany, absent due to the Eastern Bloc boycott , the Kiwis were the favourite to win the event. In the end, the eight finished a disappointing fourth and missed out on a medal.[ 7]
At the 1986 World Rowing Championships at Nottingham in the United Kingdom, he won a silver in the men's coxed four with Nigel Atherfold , Bruce Holden , Chris White , and Andrew Bird as cox.[ 8] 1986 Commonwealth Games he was in the coxed four which won the silver medal.[ 2]
At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Johnston won bronze in the coxed four along with George Keys , Ian Wright , Chris White and Andrew Bird (cox).[ 9]
Later life
After retiring from rowing, Johnston lived on the West Coast and worked as an accountant. He also worked as a policeman and as a deer farmer in Geraldine . Together with his brother, he owns a deer farm near Kaikōura . He is now married with two children and three grandchildren. Johnston now lives in Kaipaki.[citation needed
References
External links
1962 : Bernd-Jürgen Marschner , Peter Neusel , Bernhard Britting , Manfred Ross , cox Jürgen Oelke )1966 : Hanno Melzer , Horst Bagdonat , Helmut Hänsel , Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna , cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )1970 : Peter Berger , Hans-Johann Färber , Gerhard Auer , Alois Bierl , cox Stefan Voncken )1974 : Andreas Schulz , Rüdiger Kunze , Ullrich Dießner , Walter Dießner , cox Wolfgang Groß )1975 : Vladimir Eshinov , Nikolay Ivanov , Aleksandr Sema , Aleksandr Klepikov , cox Aleksandr Lukyanov )1977 : Dieter Wendisch , Walter Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Ullrich Dießner , cox Andreas Gregor )1978 : Ullrich Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Walter Dießner , Dieter Wendisch , cox Andreas Gregor )1979 : Bernd Schlufter , Walter Dießner , Jens Doberschütz , Ullrich Dießner , cox Werner Lutz )1981 : Dietmar Schiller , Jörg Friedrich , Bernd Niesecke , Harald Jährling , cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )1982 : Thomas Greiner , Hans Sennewald , Ulrich Kons , Ullrich Dießner , cox Andreas Gregor )1983 : Conrad Robertson , Greg Johnston , Keith Trask , Les O'Connell , cox Brett Hollister )1985 : Sigitas Kučinskas , Ivan Visotchkin , Vladimir Romanishin , Igor Zotov , cox Mikhail Sassov )1986 : Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , cox Hendrik Reiher )1987 : Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , cox Hendrik Reiher )1989 : Vasile Năstase , Dimitrie Popescu , Valentin Robu , Vasile Tomoiagă , cox Marin Gheorghe )1990 : Bernd Eichwurzel , Mario Gruessel , Detlef Kirchhoff , Stefan Schulz , cox Hendrik Reiher )1991 : Armin Eichholz , Bahne Rabe , Matthias Ungemach , Armin Weyrauch , cox Joerg Dedering )1993 : Dorin Alupei , Iulică Ruican , Nicolae Țaga , Viorel Talapan , cox Marin Gheorghe )1994 : Valentin Robu , Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , Florian Tudor , cox Marin Gheorghe )1995 : Chris Ahrens , Porter Collins , Ben Holbrook , Scott Munn , cox Peter Cipollone )1996 : Dorin Alupei , Gabriel Marin , Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , cox Alexei Raducanu )1997 : Antoine Béghin , Vincent Maliszewski , Bernard Roche , Laurent Béghin , cox Christophe Lattaignant )1998 : Drew Ginn , Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , cox Brett Hayman )1999 : Tom Murray , Daniel Protz , Garrett Klugh , Jake Wetzel , cox Sean Mulligan )2000 : Rick Dunn , Toby Garbett , Graham Smith , Steve Williams , cox Alistair Potts )2001 : Gilles Bosquet , Vincent Gazan , Vincent Millot , Sidney Chouraqui , cox Christophe Lattaignant )2002 : Tom Stallard , Steve Trapmore , Luka Grubor , Kieran West , cox Christian Cormack )2003 : Brian McDonough , Matt Deakin , Jason Flickinger , Lucas McGee , cox Marcus McElhenney )2004 : Lorenzo Carboncini , Stefano Introzzi , Edoardo Verzotti , Valerio Massimo , cox Alessandro Speranza )2005 : Nicolas Podpovitny , Vincent Durupt , Alex Johnatan Mathis , Lionel Jacquiot , cox Nicolas Majerus )2006 : Jan-Martin Bröer , Matthias Flach , Philipp Naruhn , Florian Eichner , cox Martin Sauer )2007 : Matt Deakin , Dan Beery , Samuel Burns , Christopher Liwski , cox Edmund del Guercio )
