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Simon Dickie

1951 - 2017

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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 of the Maadi Cup winning crews between 1966 and 1968. For the 1968 Summer Olympics, New Zealand qualified an eight and had a pool of four rowers and a cox as a travelling reserve; Dickie was part of this reserve as their cox. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Simon Dickie is the 2,242nd most popular athlete (up from 2,402nd in 2019), the 117th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 124th in 2019) and the 17th most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Simon Dickie ranks 2,242 out of 6,025. Before him are Dave Wottle, Fyodor Simashev, Christine Scheiblich, Vera Zozulya, Tatyana Goyshchik, and Michel Knuysen. After him are Arto Bryggare, Torben Grael, Michael Wenden, Françoise Mbango Etone, Maria Ștefan, and Con Leahy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1951, Simon Dickie ranks 619. Before him are Piet Kleine, Grażyna Gęsicka, Rodger Bumpass, Ellen Nikolaysen, William S. McArthur, and Jaime Mayor Oreja. After him are Al Franken, Christine Muzio, Corneliu Ion, Piotr Mowlik, Bindu, and Greg Valentine. Among people deceased in 2017, Simon Dickie ranks 575. Before him are Aleksandr Salnikov, Molly Peters, Lika Kavzharadze, Richard Wilbur, Ricardo Vidal, and Steve Sumner. After him are Howard Hodgkin, John B. Anderson, Boris Nikolov, Norman Johnson, Robert Elsie, and Zdeněk Šreiner.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Simon Dickie ranks 117 out of 303. Before him are Philippa Boyens (2000), Keith Park (1892), Tony Hurt (1946), Peter Hambleton (1960), Liam Lawson (2002), and Zoë Bell (1978). After him are Arthur Porritt, Baron Porritt (1900), Anand Satyanand (1944), Anthony McCarten (1961), Jim Bolger (1935), Graham McRae (1940), and Niki Caro (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Simon Dickie ranks 17. Before him are Murray Halberg (1933), Jack Lovelock (1910), Ross Collinge (1944), John Hunter (1943), Neroli Fairhall (1944), and Tony Hurt (1946). After him are Trevor Coker (1949), Grant Bramwell (1961), Chris Harris (null), Tom Walsh (1992), Kim Min-jung (null), and Lorraine Moller (1955).

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