John Cuneo
- June 2, 2020
- 91 years
About John Cuneo
John Cuneo was a notable figure. Cuneo died in 2020 at the age of 91.
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|John Bruce Cuneo OAM (16 June 1928 – 2 June 2020) was an Australian sailor and Olympic champion. He competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, where he received a gold medal in the dragon class, together with crew members Thomas Anderson and John Shaw. Cuneo sailed on board Southern Cross, the defeated Australian challenger for the 1974 America's Cup. He was educated at the Anglican Church Grammar School.
Cuneo was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986 and into the Queensland Sport Hall of Fame in 2009. In 2018 Cuneo, Anderson and Shaw were inducted to the Australian Sailing Hall of Fame. Cuneo died on 2 June 2020, aged 91.
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