Tony Popplewell

Anthony George Popplewell ONZM (born 1 May 1941) is a New Zealand rower.

Tony Popplewell
ONZM
Personal information
Birth nameAnthony George Popplewell
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1941-05-01) 1 May 1941[1]
Rotherham, New Zealand
Height194 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1]
Weight88 kg (194 lb)[1]

Popplewell was born in 1941 in Rotherham, New Zealand.[1][2] He represented New Zealand at the 1964 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 196 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[3] In the 2007 New Year Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing and sports administration.[4]

Popplewell was operations director for the 2010 World Rowing Championships held at Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand.[5] Along with Ivan Sutherland, Nathan Twaddle, and John Wylie, Popplewell is on the executive of the New Zealand Rowing Foundation, an organisation aiming to fund junior and under-23 rowers who don't qualify for high performance funding.[6]

References
  1. "Tony Popplewell". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tony Popplewell". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. "Tony Popplewell". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  4. "New Year honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
  5. Kilgallon, Steve (13 February 2011). "'Over-priced' Karapiro tickets a sign of trouble". The Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  6. "New Zealand Rowing Foundation". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 19 September 2016.


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