Norm Suckling

This article is about the New Zealand rower. For the English biographer, composer, pianist, and writer on music, see Norman Charles Suckling.

Norm Suckling
Personal information
Birth nameNorman Suckling
Born(1938-01-14)14 January 1938
Cambridge, New Zealand
Died10 October 1964(1964-10-10) (aged 26)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
ClubCambridge Rowing Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 1958 Cardiff Double sculls

Norman Suckling (14 January 1938 – 10 October 1964) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal representing his country at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Biography

Born in Cambridge on 14 January 1938, Suckling was the son of Dorothy Maud Suckling (née Cox) and Phillip Willway Suckling.[1][2] He took up rowing at the age of 16, joining the Cambridge Rowing Club.[2]

Suckling competed at 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in the men's double scull, partnering James Hill to win the bronze medal, and becoming the first Cambridge athlete to represent New Zealand at an Empire or Commonwealth games.[2][3]

Suckling died on 10 October 1964, after suffering a heart attack while mowing the lawn, and was buried at Hamilton Park Cemetery.[2][4] He was survived by his wife, Jennry, and their two children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Births". New Zealand Herald. 18 January 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Para-athlete eying podium". Waikato Times. 30 October 2010. p. 4.
  3. ^ Norman Suckling at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
  4. ^ "Cemetery search". Hamilton City Council. Retrieved 1 August 2020.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to New Zealand rowing is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.