Chris White (rower)

Chris White
MNZM

Personal information
Birth name	Christopher Sherratt White
Born	(1960-09-09) 9 September 1960 (age 56) Gisborne, New Zealand
Height	190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Representing  New Zealand Olympic Games 1988 Seoul Coxed four World Championships 1982 Rotsee Eight 1983 Wedau Eight 1986 Nottingham Coxed four 1995 Tampere Coxed four Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Coxed four

Christopher Sherratt "Chris" White MNZM (born 9 September 1960) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic Bronze medallist at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. He is described as "one of the giants of New Zealand rowing" and with 38 national titles, holds the record for most domestic rowing titles in New Zealand.

White was born on 9 September 1960 in Gisborne, New Zealand. He was a member of the Waikato Rowing Club and in the 1980/81 rowing season, he became national champion in the coxed pairs, pairing with Greg Johnston and Noel Parris as cox. He first represented New Zealand at the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Oberschleißheim outside of Munich, Germany, where he rowed with the eight. With the New Zealand eight, he won world championships in 1982 and 1983 at Rotsee, Switzerland and at Wedau, Germany, respectively.

White competed at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles in the eights which finished fourth. At the 1988 Olympics, White won Bronze in the coxed four along with George Keys, Greg Johnston, Ian Wright and Andrew Bird (cox). At the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta in the coxless four, he finished fourth and thirteenth, respectively.

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