Allan Tong

Allan Tong
Personal information
Birth name Allan Ray Tong
Nationality New Zealand
Born (1931-01-20) 20 January 1931[1]
Auckland, New Zealand
Relatives Ross Tong (son)
Sport
Club Union Boat Club

Allan Ray Tong (born 20 January 1931) is a New Zealand rower.

Tong was born in 1931 in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2] He was a member of the eight from Wanganui Technical College that competed in the inaugural Maadi Cup race, i.e. the New Zealand national school rowing championships, in 1947.[3]

Tong was a member of the Union Boat Club.[3] He represented New Zealand at the 1956 Summer Olympics. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 123 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[4] His son, Ross Tong,[2] was an Olympic medallist in rowing (coxed four) at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[5]

Tong lives in Evelyn Page retirement village in Orewa, but still coaches rowing for Wentworth College pupils on the Weiti River.[3][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Allan Tong". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Allan Tong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 Alderson, Andrew (28 March 2014). "60 seconds with: Allan Tong". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  4. ↑ "Allan Tong". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  5. ↑ "Ross Tong". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 18 September 2016.
  6. ↑ Thompson, Chris (20 March 2014). "School crews in top gear". Rodney Times. Retrieved 8 November 2016.


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