David Aspin
New Zealand wrestler
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| Full name | David Anthony Aspin | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 June 1950 (1950-06-24) (age 73) Waiuku, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
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David Anthony Aspin (born 24 June 1950) is a wrestler from Waiuku, New Zealand.[1] He competed in the freestyle wrestling discipline, where he was the 1974 Commonwealth Games champion and 1970 Commonwealth Games bronze medalist, in the middleweight category.[2] He was also New Zealand's flag bearer at the opening ceremonies of the 1972 Summer Olympics, in Munich, and at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.[3] Aspin and Arthur Porritt are the only New Zealand Olympians to have carried the flag at two different Olympics.
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "David Aspin". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
- ^ "David Aspin". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 15 August 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mighty Mahe to carry the flag". Stuff. 7 August 2008. Retrieved 15 August 2008.
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1970 New Zealand British Commonwealth Games team
- Joe Antunovich
- Diane Charteris
- Jack Foster
- Pamela Hendren
- Penny Hunt
- Roger Johnson
- Jeff Julian
- Roger Main
- Sally Mene
- Les Mills
- Warwick Nicholl
- Dave Norris
- Sylvia Potts
- Barbara Poulsen
- Dick Quax
- Val Robinson
- Anne Smith
- Robin Tait
- Dick Tayler
- Roy Williams
- John Compton
- Alison Glenie
- Robin Glenie
- Richard Purser
- Ali Afakasi
- Brian Kendall
- Bryce Beeston
- Bruce Biddle
- Harry Kent
- Bryce Preston
- Blair Stockwell
- Max Vertongen
- Cyril Buscke
- Rebecca Ewert
- Mark Gazley
- Arthur Gatland
- Michael Henderson
- Gaye McDermit
- Richard Peterson
- Brian Pickworth
- Rosemary Sharfe
- Helen Whitcher
- Gordon Jolly
- Percy Jones
- Bob McDonald
- Robbie Robson
- Phil Skoglund
- Barnett Bond
- Mike Borrie
- Felicity Crawford
- Ian Curry
- Susan Hunter
- Glenda Stirling
- Mark Treffers
- Cathy Whiting
- Beth Williams
- Judy Wright
- John Bolton
- Bruce Cameron
- Tony Ebert
- John Sherley
- David Aspin
- Warren Hubber
- Gordon Mackay
- Tom Milat
Team manager: Joe McManemin
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