Geoff Horan received his education at Otumoetai College in Tauranga.
11 Facts About Geoff Horan
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Geoff Horan joined the Waikato rowing club in 1978 and enjoyed many years of success at New Zealand Championships, firstly in pairs rowing at senior level, then in eights at the Premier "red coat" level.
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In 1980 Geoff Horan was selected as stroke for the "Colts" eight, successfully defending the series.
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Geoff Horan represented New Zealand in the coxless pair, with his brother Allan Geoff Horan, at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
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Geoff Horan is listed as New Zealand Olympian number 449.
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Geoff Horan was selected as stroke for the New Zealand eight at the 1985 World Rowing Championships in Hazewinkel, Belgium.
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Geoff Horan retired from rowing in 1986 after six straight years of New Zealand titles in the eight oar from 1981 to 1986.
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Geoff Horan's wife Gay was a competitive rower, representing Australia 1981 lightweight coxless pair and 1982 lightweight coxed four, and then moved to New Zealand and competed for her husband's country in 1983.
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Geoff Horan has worked as a steel fabricator and they have lived in Papua New Guinea before moving to Thailand in 1996.
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Gay Geoff Horan established a coaching programme for rowing while there.
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Gay Geoff Horan coached Thailand on and off over 10 years.