Les O'Connell

Les O'Connell
Personal information
Birth nameLeslie James O'Connell
Born (1958-05-23) 23 May 1958
Timaru, New Zealand
Height193 cm (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubAvon Rowing Club
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
1984 Los AngelesCoxless four
World Rowing Championships
1982 RotseeEight
1983 DuisburgCoxed four

Leslie James O'Connell (born 23 May 1958) is a New Zealand former representative rower. He was a two-time world champion and an Olympic champion who won his Olympic gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in the men's coxless four.