Alan Cotter (rowing)

Alan Cotter (born 24 November 1956) is a retired New Zealand rowing coxswain. He was the High Performance Director for Rowing New Zealand from 2008 to 2018.

Alan Cotter

Personal information
Born	(1956-11-24) 24 November 1956 Ngāruawāhia
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  New Zealand World Rowing Championships 1978 Cambridge Eight 1979 Bled Eight

Cotter was born in 1956 in Ngāruawāhia.[1][2] He won medals with the men's eight at the 1978 (bronze) and 1979 World Rowing Championships (silver).[2] He was selected as cox for the men's eight to compete at the 1980 Moscow Olympics but did not compete due to the Olympics boycott.[3]

Cotter later worked as a rowing coach. This included coaching the men's coxed four who won silver at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.[3] In December 2008, he succeeded Andrew Matheson as High Performance Director for Rowing New Zealand; Matheson had not returned to New Zealand from the 2008 Summer Olympics after receiving an offer from Rowing Australia.[4] He faced funding pressure from High Performance Sport New Zealand after missing the target of five rowing medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics, where only three medals were won.[5] He resigned from Rowing New Zealand in August 2018 over allegations of bullying.[6]

References

1. "Alan Cotter". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 1 November 2017.
2. "Alan Cotter". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
3. "2015 Performance Summit". High Performance Sport New Zealand. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
4. "Rowing: Cotter joins Rowing NZ". The New Zealand Herald. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
5. Anderson, Ian (14 August 2016). "'Only' three Olympic medals puts funding under pressure for Rowing New Zealand". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 2 November 2017.
6. "Rowing NZ high performance manager Alan Cotter to resign amid bullying claims". The New Zealand Herald. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.