Age, Biography and Wiki
Dick Tonks (Richard William Tonks) was born on 21 February, 1951 in Whanganui, New Zealand, is an A New Zealand male rowers. Discover Dick Tonks's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?
| Popular As |
Richard William Tonks |
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N/A |
| Age |
73 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
| Born |
21 February, 1951 |
| Birthday |
21 February |
| Birthplace |
Whanganui, New Zealand |
| Nationality |
New Zealand
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Dick Tonks Height, Weight & Measurements
At 73 years old, Dick Tonks height is 188 cm .
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188 cm |
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Not Available |
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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| Parents |
Not Available |
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Not Available |
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Dick Tonks Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Dick Tonks worth at the age of 73 years old? Dick Tonks’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from New Zealand. We have estimated Dick Tonks's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
| Net Worth in 2024 |
$1 Million - $5 Million |
| Salary in 2024 |
Under Review |
| Net Worth in 2023 |
Pending |
| Salary in 2023 |
Under Review |
| House |
Not Available |
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Dick Tonks Social Network
Timeline
Richard William Tonks (born 21 February 1951) is a former national New Zealand rowing coach and a former rower who won a silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.
Through his coaching career he has coached crews to a total of 25 World Championship medals—including thirteen gold—and a total of seven Olympic medals—six of which were gold.
Dick Tonks' father, Alan Tonks, was an accomplished rower and coach, and it is presumed that his influence was a major factor in Dick's taking up rowing at Wanganui Boys' College at the age of thirteen.
He first competed at the Wanganui Secondary Schools Regatta in 1965 and subsequently—coached by his father—rowed in the school's first eight for three years.
In 1970, back at the sport, he rowed for Otago in Dunedin and was able to earn a place on the national team in 1971.
The boat went on to win silver at the Munich Olympics, beaten by half a boat-length by the East German crew.
Curiously, Tonks never won a national title, coming second in the single scull to Murray Watkinson in 1974 and never being part of a strong enough club to win in larger boats.
Though he coached while rowing, Tonks returned to coaching in 1989 when he was asked to coach a women's four at the Union club, in Wanganui.
As well as drawing Tonks on the path to coaching success, this also led to his second marriage to Florence Matthews, a member of the four.
In 1994 world champion scullers Philippa Baker and Brenda Lawson asked Tonks to coach them in the double, leading to gold at Indianapolis, bronze at Tampere in 1995 and making the final at the Atlanta Olympics in 1996.
He has been the New Zealand rowing coach at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
After this, Tonks began coaching Rob Waddell, who would go on to win gold in the single scull at Cologne in 1998 and St Catharines in 1999 before taking the gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Dick Tonks has won the Halberg Awards' "Coach of the year" five times—in 1999, 2004, 2005, 2009 and 2012; more than any other coach in the award's 27-year history—and has been named a finalist twelve times.
Until 2000 and his move north to Karapiro, Tonks had treated coaching as a "hobby," and was often working full-time, including work for the railways—"pushing paper, 8 to 5"—and nights spinning wool at the Cavalier Bremworth carpet factory.
In the 2003 New Year Honours, Tonks was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing.
He has also been awarded "World Rowing coach of the year" at the World Rowing Awards three times—2005, 2010 and 2012—since its inception in 2002.
Tonks is currently the only person to have won the award more than once.
Mahé Drysdale has agreed, citing this as the reason he did not invite Tonks to his wedding to Juliette Haigh in 2013.
Dick Tonks currently coaches for the Canadian national team in their preparation for the Tokyo Olympics.
His contract with Rowing New Zealand was terminated in December 2015 after a public fallout over him having coached top Chinese rowers without having asked for permission from his employer.
During the spat, Tonks said about Rowing New Zealand's chief executive Simon Peterson that he "couldn't run a bloody corner dairy".
An arrangement was agreed on by which Tonks would continue to coach Drysdale and the women's double sculls boat (Eve MacFarlane and Zoe Stevenson) until the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro in a private capacity.
Drysdale won gold at the event, with was the sixth Olympic gold medal of one of Tonks' rowers.
On his coaching style, Tonks is reported to have said, "good coaching is a dictatorship and I am a dictator."
He later admitted to saying this during "a very bad year."
He also holds that his relationship with his athletes is a professional one, stating: "I’m their coach, not their friend."
