Christopher William Bunny Nilsson (born 16 February 1947) is a New Zealand rower. Nilsson was born in 1947 in

Hastings Hastings () is a large seaside town and borough in East Sussex on the south coast of England, east to the county town of Lewes and south east of London. The town gives its name to the Battle of Hastings, which took place to the north-west ...

, New Zealand. He represented New Zealand at the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and commonly known as Munich 1972 (german: München 1972), was an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. ...

. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 299 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee. He later worked as a rowing coach. He worked as a coach for the

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and then

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. This was followed from 2004 to 2008 as coach in the New Zealand high performance rowing programme. Nilsson claims that he was driven out of the sport by fellow

rower, highly successful but controversial coach Dick Tonks. When Tonks was appointed head coach, Nilsson resigned and went to the

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1947 births Living people New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand Sportspeople from Hastings, New Zealand {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub