Dick Tonks
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| Full name | Richard William Tonks | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 February 1951 Whanganui, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
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Richard William Tonks MNZM (born 21 February 1951) is a former national New Zealand rowing coach and a former rower who won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. Through his coaching career he has coached crews to a total of 25 World Championship medals—including thirteen gold—and a total of seven Olympic medals—six of which were gold.