Grant McAuley

Grant R. F. McAuley (born 6 July 1949) is a New Zealand rower.

Grant McAuley

Personal information
Birth name	Grant R. F. McAuley
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1949-07-06) 6 July 1949[1] Auckland, New Zealand
Height	181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1]
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)[1]
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand World Rowing Championships 1975 Nottingham Eight 1979 Bled Eight

McAuley was born in 1949 in Auckland, New Zealand.[1][2] He rowed with the coxed eight in the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, Great Britain, and won a bronze medal.[3] He represented New Zealand at the 1976 Summer Olympics in the coxless four in a team with Bob Murphy, David Lindstrom, and Des Lock, narrowly beaten by the team from the Soviet Union to fourth place.[4] He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 358 by the New Zealand Olympic Committee.[5] He competed in the 1978 World Rowing Championships in the double sculls with John White and they came sixth in the final.[6] At the 1979 World Rowing Championships held at Bled in Slovenia, Yugoslavia, he won a silver medal with the coxed eight.[7] McAuley won the Bay of Plenty Sportsman of the Year award in 1979.[8]