Chris McAsey (rower)

Chris McAsey is a New Zealand rower and sailor.[1]

Chris McAsey

Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand World Championships 1995 Tampere, Finland Coxed four

McAsey is from Hāwera with much of his extended family still living in that part of Taranaki.[2] At the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, McAsey won a Silver medal in the coxed four, with Chris White, Andrew Matheson, Murdoch Dryden, and Michael Whittaker as cox.[3][4]

He later switched to sailing, joining Team New Zealand as a grinder for their 2003, 2007 and 2013 America's Cup campaigns.[5] He worked as a truck driver after the 2013 America's Cup.[6]

References

1. "Chris McAsey". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
2. Jeffries, Jane (13 August 2013). "Sailor's home away from home". Taranaki Daily News. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
3. "Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
4. "World Championship medallists". Ministry for Culture and Heritage. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
5. "Grant Dalton introduces the team – Scoop News". www.scoop.co.nz.
6. Johannsen, Dana (11 June 2015). "Team NZ: Where are they now?". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 June 2018.