Olympians

RQYS has a long history of developing and supporting our Olympians

1956 Melbourne

Ron Wright

Reserve (12m2) Olympic Measurer

 

P/Cdr Jock Robinson MBE

Manager

1960 Rome

Ron Jenyns

Finn (4th Place)

 

Dick Howard

Reserve (Finn)

1964 Tokyo

Ron Jenyns

Reserve (Finn)

1968 Mexico City

John Cuneo OAM

Dragon (5th Place)

 

P/Cdr John Ferguson OAM OLY

Dragon (5th Place)

 

Tom Anderson1

Dragon (5th Place)

 

Ron Jenyns

Finn (4th Place)

 

Bob Miller

Reserve

1972 Munich

John Cuneo OAM

Dragon (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Tom Anderson1

Dragon (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

John Shaw

Dragon (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

John Anderson

Star (1st Place – Gold Medal)

1976 Montreal

P/Cdr John Ferguson OAM OLY

Reserve (Finn)

1980 Moscow

P/Cdr John Ferguson OAM OLY2

Reserve (Star)

 

Ross Healey2

Reserve (Finn)

 

John Cuneo OAM2

Coach

1984 Los Angeles

P/Cdr John Ferguson OAM OLY

Manager

1988 Seoul

Brad Schafferius

Tornado (11th Place)

 

P/Cdr John Ferguson OAM OLY

Manager

1992 Barcelona

Christine Bridge

Europe (20th Place)

 

Simon Gorman

Reserve (Finn)

 

P/Cdr John Harrison AM

Manager

 

Adrian Finglas

Personal Support

1996 Atlanta

Christine Bridge

Europe (11th Place)

 

P/Cdr John Harrison AM

Manager

2000 Sydney

P/Cdr John Harrison AM

Team Manager

 

Victor Kovalenko OAM

Coach

2004 Athens

Graeme Roberts-Thompson

Section Manager

 

Victor Kovalenko OAM

Coach

2008 Beijing

Daniel Fitzgibbon OAM

Mixed Two Person SKUD 18 (2nd Place – Silver Medal)

 

Michael Jones

High Performance Director

 

Adrian Finglas

Coach – Yngling & SKUD 18 (2nd Place – Silver Medal)

 

Victor Kovalenko OAM

Coach

2012 London

Mathew Belcher OAM

International 470 (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Malcolm Page OAM

International 470 (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Daniel Fitzgibbon OAM

Mixed Two Person SKUD 18 (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Peter Conde

High Performance Director

 

Adrian Finglas

Coach

 

Victor Kovalenko OAM

Coach

2016 Rio de Janeiro

Daniel Fitzgibbon OAM

Mixed Two Person SKUD 18 (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Mathew Belcher OAM

International 470 Men’s (2nd Place – Silver Medal)

 

Will Ryan OAM

International 470 Men’s (2nd Place – Silver Medal)

 

Jake Lilley

Finn (8th Place)

 

Ashley Stoddart

Laser Radial Women’s (9th Place)

 

Jaime Ryan

International 470 Women’s (13th Place)

 

Peter Conde

High Performance Director

 

Victor Kovalenko OAM

Coach

 

Jared West

Laser Radial Coach

 Manfred Greitschus

AST Meterologist

 David Brookes

World Sailing ITO (Nacra 17 – Mixed) & 49erGX (Women’s Skiff)

2020 Tokyo

Mathew Belcher OAM

International 470 (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Will Ryan OAM

International 470 (1st Place – Gold Medal)

 

Jake Lilley

Finn (7th Place)

 

Jaime Ryan

49er FX (13th Place)

 

Mara Stransky

ILCA 6 (14th Place)

 

Malcolm Page OAM

Coach

 

Victor Kovalenko OAM

Coach

 

Raphael Trujillo

Coach

 

Caroline Brisebois

Support

 

David Brookes

World Sailing ITO RS_X (Men’s & Women’s)

1  Tom and John Anderson are the only twins in Olympic history to have each won a Gold Medal at the Olympic Games
2  80 nations boycotted the 1980 Moscow Games in protest of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979. Australia did compete, though many athletes chose (or were pressured) not to attend and withdrew from the Games.