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John MacDonald (canoeist)
John MacDonald (born 9 December 1965) is a New Zealand canoe racing, sprint canoeist who competed in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He was eliminated in the semifinals of the Canoeing at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Men's K-4 1000 metres, K-4 1000 m event at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. 1992 Summer Olympics, Four years later in Barcelona, he was eliminated in the semifinals of both the Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 500 metres, K-1 500 m and Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's K-1 1000 metres, K-1 1000 m events. ReferencesSports-reference.com profile 1965 births Canoeists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Canoeists at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people New Zealand male canoeists Olympic canoeists of New Zealand {{NewZealand-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand
New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |