George Keys

{{short description|New Zealand rower}}

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| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand

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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}

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{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}

{{MedalBronze | 1988 Seoul | Coxed four }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalGold | 1982 Rotsee | Eight }}

{{MedalGold | 1983 Wedau | Eight }}

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George Keys (born 12 December 1959) is a former New Zealand rower who won an Olympic Bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/george-keys-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418044133/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ke/george-keys-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2020-04-18 |title=George Keys}}

Keys was born in 1959 in the Christchurch suburb of Burwood. He was a member of the Avon Rowing Club.{{cite web |title=George Keys |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/5530/keys-george |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=4 October 2015 |archive-date=1 April 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190401061643/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/5530/keys-george |url-status=dead }} At the 1982 World Rowing Championships at Rotsee, Switzerland, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat four.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1982-world-championships/mens-eight/final/ |title=Men's Eight – Final |access-date=5 October 2015 |publisher=FISA |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008165646/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1982-world-championships/mens-eight/final/ |archive-date=8 October 2015 }} At the 1983 World Rowing Championships at Wedau in Duisburg, Germany, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat seven.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1983-world-championships/mens-eight/ |title=Men's Eight – Final |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher=FISA}} At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles Keys competed in the eights which finished fourth.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1984-olympic-games/mens-eight/final/ |title=Men's Eight – Final |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher=FISA}} At the 1988 Olympics, he won Bronze in the coxed four along with Ian Wright, Greg Johnston, Chris White and Andrew Bird (cox).{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1988-olympic-games/mens-coxed-four/final/ |title=Men's Coxed Four – Final |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher=FISA}}

In 1982, the 1982 rowing eight crew was named sportsman of the year.{{cite web|title=1980's [sic] |url=http://www.halbergawards.co.nz/about-the-awards/archive/1980s |publisher=Halberg Awards |access-date=5 October 2015 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The 1982 team was inducted into the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame in 1995.{{cite web |title=Eight, 1982 |url=http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/Inductees/E/Eight-1982.aspx |publisher=New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame |access-date=5 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150113183306/http://www.nzhalloffame.co.nz/Inductees/E/Eight-1982.aspx |archive-date=13 January 2015}}