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Wybo Veldman

Personal information
Birth name	Gerard Wybo Veldman
Born	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.

References※

• New Zealand Olympic Committee

External links※

• Wybo Veldman at World Rowing

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