Dudley Leonard Storey (27 November 1939 – 6 March 2017) was a New Zealand

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who won two Olympic medals.

Rowing career

Storey was born in 1939 in

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, New Zealand. After having received an invitation to the

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, he won the inaugural Prince Philip Challenge Cup regatta in 1963 in

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. That year, the Henley regatta was regarded as the event that came closest to a world championship.

Darien Boswell Darien Graham Boswell (23 May 1938 – 11 February 2018) was a New Zealand rower. Boswell was born in Auckland in 1938. At the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games he won the silver medal as part of the men's eight alongside crew mem ...

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and

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made up the other rowers, and Bob Page was the

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. The same coxed four team then went to the

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, where they placed a disappointing eighth. For the

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, New Zealand qualified an eight and had a pool of four rowers and a cox as a travelling reserve; Storey was part of this reserve. Preparations were held in

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at Kerr's Reach on the Avon River. The reserve rowers were unhappy with the "spare parts" tag and felt that they were good enough to perhaps win a medal if put forward as a coxed four. The manager,

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, commented about them that they were "the funniest looking crew you've ever seen". There were stern discussions with the New Zealand selectors. In a training run, the coxed four was leading the eight over the whole race. In the end, the reserve rowers got their way and New Zealand entered both the coxed four and the coxed eight. Storey won the Olympic coxed four event along with Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and

Simon Dickie Simon Charles Dickie (31 March 1951 – 13 December 2017) was a New Zealand rowing cox who won three Olympic medals. Dickie was born in 1951 in Waverley in Taranaki, New Zealand. He was educated at Wanganui Collegiate School where he was part ...

(cox); this was New Zealand's first gold medal in rowing. At the time, he was a 27-year-old carpet layer, whose wife was about to give birth to their first child. He was the only member of the crew to have previously rowed outside New Zealand. Storey competed at the 1971 European Championships in

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, Denmark, and came fourth with the coxed four, alongside

Noel Mills Noel Edward Mills (13 January 1944 – 8 December 2004) was a New Zealand rower who won an Olympic silver medal at 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. Mills was born in 1944 in Auckland, New Zealand. He teamed with Dick Tonks, Dudley Stor ...

, Ross Collinge, Raymond Barry, and Peter Lindsay as cox. At the

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he teamed with

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, Collinge and Mills to win the Silver medal in the coxless four.

Later career

Storey was manager of the successful New Zealand rowing teams from 1982 to 1986. He managed the 1982 and 1983 New Zealand eight, the country's rowing teams at the

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, and the teams at the

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. He later coached

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's rowing squad. Also coached at Takapuna Grammar School. In the 1983 New Year Honours, Storey was appointed an

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, for services to rowing. Storey's medal-winning 1968 rowing crew was inducted into the

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in 1990. The boat that won the 1963 Prince Philip Challenge Cup, bought in England for £300, is on display at the Auckland Rowing Club.

Death

Storey died in Auckland on 6 March 2017, soon after a diagnosis of

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References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Storey, Dudley 1939 births 2017 deaths New Zealand male rowers Olympic gold medalists for New Zealand in rowing Olympic silver medalists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics People from Wairoa World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand New Zealand Officers of the Order of the British Empire Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics New Zealand Olympic coaches Sportspeople from the Hawke's Bay Region