John Cuneo (sailor)

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John Cuneo
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place Munich 1972 Dragon

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] 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.[2]

Cuneo was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986[3] and into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009.[4] In 2018 Cuneo, Anderson and Shaw were inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.[5] Cuneo died on 2 June 2020, aged 91.[6]

See also[]

  • List of Olympic medalists in Dragon class sailing

References[]

  1. ^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing" Archived 19 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine databaseOlympics.com (Retrieved 18 April 2008)
  2. ^ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
  3. ^ "John Cuneo". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Mr John Cuneo". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  5. ^ "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  6. ^ John Cuneo

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