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Harold Thomas Mahon, (15 January 1942 – 19 May 2001), was a rowing coach. He coached international crews from New Zealand, Switzerland, South Africa and Great Britain to success at World Championships and Olympic Games. He also coached Cambridge University to repeated successes in the Boat Race. ==Background== Mahon was born in Wanganui in 1942. He followed his grandfather and uncle into rowing, joining Wanganui Rowing Club. He also played cricket and rugby as a hooker, and toyed with becoming a rugby coach after studying geography at Victoria University. He rowed with some success in New Zealand, but was not an international oarsman.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obituary )〕 He married Rita Wood, although they separated in 1986. After graduating, he began teaching at Melville High School, and joined Waikato Rowing Club.〔 Success there led to him coaching the New Zealand national team eight to two world titles in 1982 and 1983. The failure of the eight to repeat that success in the 1984 Olympics led to Mahon being gradually excluded from the New Zealand coaching setup, and moving to Switzerland.〔 He was a teacher of geography at Ridley College, Canada and Radley College near Oxford, England. He was diagnosed with colon cancer in 1997 and, despite being given only months to live, continued to coach with some success for four more years, also running the London marathon twice during that period.〔 After his death in 2001 the Harry Mahon Cancer Research Trust was established to raise money for research equipment. He was survived by his partner, Sarah Warburton.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Harry Mahon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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