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New Zealand At The 1990 Commonwealth Games
New Zealand at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 224 competitors and 61 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Auckland, New Zealand, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was swimmer Anthony Mosse, and at the closing ceremony was cyclist Gary Anderson. The New Zealand team finished fourth on the medal table, winning a total of 58 medals, 17 of which were gold. New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario. Medal tables , width="78%" align="left" valign="top" , Triathlon was a demonstration event, and was won by Erin Baker (women) and Rick Wells (men), both from New Zealand. , style="text-align:left;width:22%;vertical-align:top;", Competitors The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors who participated at the Games according to gender and sport. Athletic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Zealand Olympic Committee
The New Zealand Olympic Committee (before 1994, The ''New Zealand Olympic and Commonwealth Games Association'') is both the National Olympic Committee and the Commonwealth Games Association in New Zealand responsible for selecting athletes to represent New Zealand in the Summer and Winter Olympic Games and the Commonwealth Games. While a founder member of the International Olympic Committee, New Zealand did not send its own team to compete until the Games of the VI Olympiad (Antwerp 1920), though at the 1908 and 1912 Summer Olympics New Zealand and Australia competed as "Australasia". New Zealand has sent a team to every Summer Olympic Games since 1920, though only a token team of four went to the 1980 Summer Olympics at Moscow due to the boycott. New Zealand first competed at the Winter Olympics in 1952, but did not compete in the 1956 or 1964 Winter Olympics. New Zealand has sent a team to every Commonwealth Games since the first in 1930, which was held in Canada and then ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1990 Commonwealth Games
The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting. Netball and the Triathlon were demonstration events. The main venue was the Mount Smart Stadium. Host selection The Games were awarded to Auckland on 27 July 1984 at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in the US. Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leaving New Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid. New Delhi lost the hosting rights to Auckland by a margin of 1 vote, which made it the closest host selection vote in the history of Commonwealth Games Opening ceremony The opening of the games comprised a variety of events, including the arrival of The Queen's representative ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greg Yelavich
Gregory Thomas Yelavich (born 8 March 1957) is a Shooting sports, competitive pistol shooter from Auckland, New Zealand. As well as winning numerous national pistol titles, Yelavich has the distinction of having won more Commonwealth Games medals than any other New Zealander (12). He was the New Zealand flag bearer at the closing ceremony of the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He has represented New Zealand at two Olympic Games — 1988 Summer Olympics, Seoul 1988 and 1992 Summer Olympics, Barcelona 1992. In 1990, Yelavich was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal. In the 1995 New Year Honours (New Zealand), 1995 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire, for services to sport. Yelavich competes in International Shooting Sport Federation ISSF ISSF shooting events#Pistol events, pistol shooting events. References External links * * * * * * * 1957 births Living people New Zealand male sport shooters Commonwealt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rhoda Ryan
Rhoda Constance Ryan (née Hawke; 4 January 1925 – 22 April 2002) was an international lawn bowls competitor for New Zealand. Bowls career Ryan won the singles bronze medal at the 1985 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Melbourne, Australia. In 1990 she represented New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games and won a silver medal in the fours with Adrienne Lambert, Lyn McLean and Marlene Castle. She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1985 pairs at Tweed Heads, New South Wales. Ryan won the 1980 singles, the 1973 & 1988 pairs and the 1981, 1989, 1990, 1991 and 1994 fours titles at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zealand in 1861 but the first national championships were not held until 1914. Men's singles champions Men's pairs champions Men's fou ... when bowling mainly for the Matamata Bowls Club and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lyn McLean
Lynette Zoe McLean ( – 6 May 2017) was an international lawn bowler from New Zealand. Biography She was educated at Freyberg High School and started bowling in 1975 at Northern Bowling Club. She won two medals at the Asia Pacific Bowls Championships including a gold medal in the 1989 fours, in Suva, Fiji. She won a silver medal in the women's fours with Adrienne Lambert, Marlene Castle and Rhoda Ryan at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. She died at her home in Foxton Beach Foxton Beach is a small settlement in the Horowhenua District of the Manawatū-Whanganui region of New Zealand's North Island. It is located on the South Taranaki Bight at the mouth of the Manawatu River, 35 kilometres southwest of Palmerston No ... on 6 May 2017, aged 72, following a heart attack. References {{DEFAULTSORT:McLean, Lyn 1940s births 2017 deaths New Zealand female bowls players Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games medallists in lawn bo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrienne Lambert
Adrienne Marie Lambert (née Parker; born ) is a former international lawn bowler from New Zealand. Bowls career Lambert won a gold and silver medals at the 1989 Asia Pacific Bowls Championships, in Suva, Fiji. She went on to win three more medals at further Championships. The following year she won a silver medal in the women's fours with Lyn McLean, Marlene Castle and Rhoda Ryan at the 1990 Commonwealth Games in Auckland. Four years later she won a bronze medal in the women's fours with Ann Muir, Colleen Ferrick and Marlene Castle at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia. In between the Games, Lambert won double silver in the triples and fours at the 1992 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Ayr. In addition Lambert has won the 1988 pairs title and the 1981, 1989, 1990 and 1991 fours title at the New Zealand National Bowls Championships The New Zealand National Bowls Championships is organised by Bowls New Zealand. Bowls was introduced in New Zeal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's Decathlon
The men's decathlon event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 28 and 29 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland. Results References Day 1 results {{DEFAULTSORT:Decathlon Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 1990
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Athletics At The 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 10 Kilometres Walk
The women's 10 kilometres walk event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held in Auckland. It was the first time that a women's race walking event had taken place at the Commonwealth Games. Results References {{DEFAULTSORT:30 30 1990 File:1990 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1990 FIFA World Cup is played in Italy; The Human Genome Project is launched; Voyager I takes the famous Pale Blue Dot image- speaking on the fragility of Humankind, humanity on Earth, Astroph ... 1990 in women's athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aquatics At The 1990 Commonwealth Games
Aquatics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games consisted of Diving, Swimming and Synchronized Swimming. They were held in Henderson, New Zealand. Diving Swimming Men's events Women's events Synchronised swimming {{Sports at the 1990 Commonwealth Games 1990 Commonwealth Games events 1990 Commonwealth Games The Commonwealth Games, often referred to as the Friendly Games or simply the Comm Games, are a quadrennial international multi-sport event among athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930, and, with the exce ... International aquatics competitions hosted by New Zealand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Petterson
Stephen Kelly Petterson (born 2 August 1957) is a competitive rifle shooter from New Zealand. Petterson was born in Auckland in 1957. A veteran of four Olympic Games and five Commonwealth Games, he has won a total of four gold medals and a silver medal at the Commonwealth Games. He was the flag bearer for New Zealand at the closing ceremony of the 1994 Commonwealth Games. In the 1999 New Year Honours, Petterson was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit The New Zealand Order of Merit is an order of merit in the New Zealand royal honours system. It was established by royal warrant on 30 May 1996 by Elizabeth II, Queen of New Zealand, "for those persons who in any field of endeavour, have ren ..., for services to smallbore rifle shooting. References New Zealand male sport shooters Living people 1957 births Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Shooters at the 1986 Co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shooting At The 1990 Commonwealth Games
The 1990 Commonwealth Games ( mi, 1990 Taumāhekeheke Commonwealth) were held in Auckland, New Zealand from 24 January – 3 February 1990. It was the 14th Commonwealth Games, and part of New Zealand's 1990 sesquicentennial celebrations. Participants competed in ten sports: athletics, aquatics, badminton, boxing, cycling, gymnastics, judo, lawn bowls, shooting and weightlifting. Netball and the Triathlon were demonstration events. The main venue was the Mount Smart Stadium. Host selection The Games were awarded to Auckland on 27 July 1984 at the Los Angeles Summer Olympics in the US. Perth, Australia, had withdrawn from the bid contest leaving New Delhi, India, as the sole opponent to Auckland's bid. New Delhi lost the hosting rights to Auckland by a margin of 1 vote, which made it the closest host selection vote in the history of Commonwealth Games Opening ceremony The opening of the games comprised a variety of events, including the arrival of The Queen's represe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Clarke (sport Shooter)
Tony Clarke (born 31 May 1959) is a New Zealand former sports shooter. He competed in the men's 50 metre running target event at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon .... References External links * 1959 births Living people New Zealand male sport shooters Olympic shooters for New Zealand Shooters at the 1984 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Auckland Commonwealth Games medallists in shooting Commonwealth Games gold medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Shooters at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Shooters at the 1994 Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand people 21st-century New Zealand people Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-sportshooting-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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