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| Full name | John Bruce Cuneo | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1928 (1928-06-16) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 June 2020 (2020-06-03) (aged 91) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 168 cm (5 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 66 kg (146 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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| Class | Dragon | ||||||||||||||
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John Bruce Cuneo OAM (16 June 1928 – 2 June 2020) was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members Thomas Anderson and John Shaw. Cuneo sailed on board Southern Cross, the defeated Australian challenger for the 1974 America's Cup. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
Cuneo was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986 and into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2018 Cuneo, Anderson and Shaw were inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Cuneo died on 2 June 2020, aged 91.
See also
References
- "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Cuneo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
- "John Cuneo". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
- "Mr John Cuneo". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
- "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "John Cuneo". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.
External links
- John Bruce Cuneo at World Sailing
- John Bruce Cuneo at Olympics.com
- John Cuneo at the Australian Olympic Committee
- John Cuneo at the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
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