Tony O’Connor is a rowing coach.
As a rower he represented Ireland at 2 Olympics and won 5 medals at the World Championships in the men’s lightweight pair.
After retiring he took up coaching and now lives in New Zealand where he is also a school teacher. In 2021 he was appointed the coach for the New Zealand men’s eight, which won gold at the Tokyo Olympics.
As part of this, he also featured in a documentary called The Rowing Teacher.
This interview was recorded in May 2024, and the the gold medal team Tony talks about has disbanded and did not go on to compete in Paris 2024.
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