.jpg) Cropp in 1956 | ||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | John Urquhart Cropp | |||||||||||
| Born | 23 May 1927 Hokitika, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Died | 25 June 2016 (aged 89)[1] Tākaka, New Zealand | |||||||||||
| Sailing career | ||||||||||||
| Class | Sharpie | |||||||||||
| Club | Canterbury Yacht and Motor Boat Club | |||||||||||
Medal record
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John Urquhart Cropp (23 May 1927 – 25 June 2016) was a New Zealand yachtsman. Together withPeter Mander, Cropp won theSharpie class at the 1956 Olympics.
Cropp and Mander were the first sailors from New Zealand to compete at Olympics. They finished second, and were promoted to the first place after Australian team was disqualified for obstruction. They were inducted into theNew Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1990.[1]
Cropp was born on a small farm atKowhitirangi, nearHokitika. When he was a toddler, his family moved to McCormacks Bay,Christchurch. There he started sailing, together with Mander who lived nearby. Cropp initially worked as alithographer in the printing industry, but after becoming a prominent sailor turned into a professional boatbuilder and designer. In 1973 Cropp, his wife Judith and their three children moved toTākaka, where he died aged 89.[2][3]
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