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New Zealand sailor (1945–2023)
Jonathan George "Jonty " Farmer (23 April 1945 – 4 September 2023) was a New Zealand sailor who represented his country at the
1968 and
1976 Summer Olympics .
Biography
Farmer was born in 1945 in
Te Puke in the
Bay of Plenty .
[1] He later lived in
Rotorua
[2] and received his education at
Rotorua Boys' High School .
[3] He competed at the
1968 Summer Olympics in
Mexico City in the
Finn class and came 11th.
[4] He travelled to the
1972 Summer Olympics in Germany as a reserve but did not compete. He then competed at the
1976 Summer Olympics in
Montreal , Canada, in the
Finn class and came 15th.
[5]
His daughter, Holly Farmer, is a boat builder in
Tauranga .
[2]
Farmer died on 4 September 2023, at the age of 78.
[6]
References
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Jonty Farmer" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^
a
b Hunter, Michele (18 June 2010).
"Fastest dinghy snapped up by overseas sailors" .
Bay of Plenty Times . Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^
"Hall of Fame Inductees" .
Rotorua Boys' High School . Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Sailing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;
Mallon, Bill ; et al.
"Sailing at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games: Mixed One Person Dinghy" . Olympics at Sports-Reference.com .
Sports Reference LLC . Archived from
the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 1 May 2017 .
^
"Jonathan Farmer obituary" .
The New Zealand Herald . 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023 .