Allan Douglas "Jack" Horan (born 12 May 1961) is a former

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who competed at the

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as a representative of New Zealand.

Life

Horan was born in 1961 in

Te Awamutu Te Awamutu is a town in the Waikato region in the North Island of New Zealand. It is the council seat of the Waipa District and serves as a service town for the farming communities which surround it. Te Awamutu is located some south of Hamilto ...

. His family left Te Awamutu for

Tauranga Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by ...

. During attendance at

Otumoetai College Otumoetai College is a state co-educational secondary school located in Tauranga, New Zealand. The school opened in February 1965 with 206 students from years 9 to 13 (ages 12 to 18) to serve the western suburbs of Tauranga. ''Otumoetai'' is cla ...

, he began his rowing career. He had his first podium placement in the Springbok Shield (U18 coxed four), at the

Maadi Cup The Maadi Cup is the prize for the New Zealand Secondary Schools Boys' Under 18 Rowing Eights. More colloquially, it is the name given to the New Zealand Secondary Schools Rowing Regatta, at which the Maadi Cup is raced. The regatta is the large ...

regatta in 1977, where his team came second. At the 1978 Maadi Cup, his coxed four won the competition. After finishing college he returned to live in Te Awamutu and joined the Waikato Rowing Club, based at

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. As of 2003 he lived in

Cambridge, New Zealand Cambridge (Māori: ''Kemureti'') is a town in the Waipa District of the Waikato region of the North Island of New Zealand. Situated southeast of Hamilton, on the banks of the Waikato River, Cambridge is known as "The Town of Trees & Champions" ...

. Horan represented New Zealand in the

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, with brother

Geoff Horan Geoffrey Raymond Horan (born 18 May 1960) is a retired New Zealand rower. Early life Horan was born in 1960 in Hamilton, New Zealand. He received his education at Otumoetai College in Tauranga. Rowing career Starting his career as a high sch ...

, at the

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. They came ninth in the competition.

Career highlights

*1979: After successes at club level, he was selected for the NZ junior team for the

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. Overall placed 7th in the

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event. *1980: He gained a first win in a national premier event at age 18. represented NZ in the NZ Colt's team against

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. They won the series 3 nil. *1981: He was selected for the NZ Colt's team again. *1982: He gained a trial selection for the world championship NZ men's eight. He was unsuccessful that year; however the men's eight crew went on to win gold in

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. *1983: He was selected as reserve for the eight and competed in the men's heavyweight

single scull A single scull (or a scull) is a rowing boat designed for a single person who propels the boat with two oars, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are long, narrow, and broadly semi-circular in cross-section in order to minimi ...

s at the World Championships in

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. He gained a world ranking of 11th for that year. *1984: He was selected in the men's

for the

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, gaining a final placing of 7th. *1985: He was selected for the men's elite eight team for the World Championships in

Hazewinkel The Hazewinkel is a 2,000 m rowing and regatta course belonging to Bloso in Heindonk, municipality of Willebroek, near Mechelen, Belgium. The site consists of a finishing tower, boathouses, a cafeteria and eight basic huts that house athl ...

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. The crew were placed fourth in the final with 5min 36.64 seconds. Only 2.93 seconds behind first place. *1986: He retired from active competition, after gaining 8 National elite titles (red coats). *2011: He was inducted into the Waikato Rowing Hall of Fame.

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* * * 1961 births Living people Olympic rowers for New Zealand Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics People from Te Awamutu New Zealand male rowers People educated at Otumoetai College Sportspeople from Waikato {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub