John Cuneo (sailor)

John Cuneo
Personal information
Full name	John Bruce Cuneo
Born	16 June 1928; Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Died	2 June 2020 (aged 91)
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Sailing career
Class	Dragon
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing Australia
Olympic Games

John Bruce Cuneo OAM (16 June 1928 – 2 June 2020) was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members Thomas Anderson and John Shaw.^[1]^[2] Cuneo sailed on board Southern Cross, the defeated Australian challenger for the 1974 America's Cup. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.^[3]

Cuneo was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986^[4] and into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009.^[5] In 2018 Cuneo, Anderson and Shaw were inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame.^[6] Cuneo died on 2 June 2020, aged 91.^[7]

References

^ "1972 Summer Olympics – München, Germany – Sailing". databaseOlympics.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2008. Retrieved 18 April 2008.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "John Cuneo". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
^ Mason, James (2011). Churchie: The Centenary Register. Brisbane, Australia: The Anglican Church Grammar School. ISBN 978-0-646-55807-3.
^ "John Cuneo". Sport Australia Hall of Fame. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
^ "Mr John Cuneo". Queensland Sport Hall of Fame. qsport.org.au. Archived from the original on 26 January 2014. Retrieved 26 January 2014.
^ "John Cuneo OAM, Tom Anderson, John Shaw". Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
^ "John Cuneo". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 June 2020.