21 October 1946 (1946-10-21) (age 77) Padang, Indonesia
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing New Zealand
Olympic Games
1972 Munich
Eight
World Rowing Championships
1970 St. Catharines
Eight
European Rowing Championships
1971 Copenhagen
Eight
1973 Moscow
Coxless pair
Gerard Wybo Veldman, known as Wybo Veldman (born 21 October 1946, in Padang, Indonesia, of Dutch parents) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic gold medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. He teamed with Dick Joyce, Tony Hurt, John Hunter, Lindsay Wilson, Joe Earl, Trevor Coker and Gary Robertson and Simon Dickie (cox) to win the gold medal in the eights. Veldman had previously been in the crew of the eight that finished fourth at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Veldman won a then record 21 New Zealand national rowing titles.
Veldman was later a farmer in Ohakune.[1]
^Maddaford, Terry (26 July 2002). "Rowing: Stroking aside the decades". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 22 October 2016.
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