John Bruce Cuneo OAM (16 June 1928 – 2 June 2020) was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members Thomas Anderson and John Shaw.[1][2] Cuneo sailed on board Southern Cross, the defeated Australian challenger for the 1974 America's Cup. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.[3]
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| Full name | John Bruce Cuneo | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1928 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 2020 (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Sailing career | |||||||||||||||
| Class | Dragon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Cuneo was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986[4] and into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009.[5] In 2018 Cuneo, Anderson and Shaw were inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.[6] Cuneo died on 2 June 2020, aged 91.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Cuneo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- ^ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- ^ "John Cuneo". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- ^ "Mr John Cuneo". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- ^ "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "John Cuneo". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
edit- John Bruce Cuneo at World Sailing
- John Bruce Cuneo at Olympics.com
- John Cuneo at the Australian Olympic Committee
- John Cuneo at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
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