John Coates

Quick Facts

Full Name	John Coates
Occupation	Solicitor
Date Of Birth	May 7, 1950(1950-05-07)
Age	74
Birthplace	Sydney
Country	Australia
Birth City	New South Wales
Horoscope	Taurus

John Coates Biography

John Coates is one of the most popular and richest Solicitor who was born on May 7, 1950 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Born in Sydney, the son of a solicitor, Coates was brought up in the Sydney suburb of Strathfield. He attended Homebush Boys High School. He was keen on sports at school, being a member of the school’s 5th Grade cricket XI in 1963 He took a day off school in early 1964 to watch Richie Benaud play his last test match, and a photograph appeared in The Sydney Morning Herald the next day of a beaming Coates alongside Benaud as he left the field of play. Failing to make the school’s senior cricket sides he took up rowing in 1967 some three years after the school had introduced the sport in 1964, coxing one of the school’s boats to victories over more experienced crews from established rowing schools at several regattas.

Coates has been virtually a fixture at the Summer Olympics for more than 30 years, having been Australian Olympic Team Rowing Section Manager at the Montreal Games (1976), Administration Director at the Moscow Games (1980), Deputy Chef de mission at the Los Angeles Games (1984), and Chef de mission at the Seoul (1988), Barcelona (1992), Atlanta (1996), Sydney (2000), Athens (2004) and Beijing (2008) Games.

John Coates Net Worth

John Coates is one of the richest Solicitor from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, John Coates 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

John Dowling Coates AC (born 7 May 1950) is an Australian lawyer, sports administrator and businessman. He is a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) having served as a Vice President from 2013 to 2017, and is the current president of the Australian Olympic Committee and chairman of the Australian Olympic Foundation.

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Who is John Coates Dating?

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He has been a part of a number of Olympic bids including the Brisbane 1992 Olympic Games Bid, Melbourne Olympic Games Bid Strategy Committee, and the 1991-1993 Sydney Olympics 2000 Bid Limited.

Facts & Trivia

John Ranked on the list of most popular Solicitor. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Australia. John Coates celebrates birthday on May 7 of every year.

In 1993 Coates was made a life member of Rowing Australia, an honour bestowed only on five others. He is an honorary life member of Sydney Rowing Club.

Who is John Coates Olympics?

Coates is Australia’s most celebrated official in the Olympic movement and a vice-president of the International Olympic Committee. He stood down on Saturday as president of the AOC after 32 years.

Did John Coates win an Olympic medal?

In 2000 he was awarded the Olympic Order in Gold and the FISA Medal of Honour.

How old is John Coats?

72 years (May 7, 1950)

Who is president of the IOC?

Thomas Bach

Who is on the IOC?

Formation23 June 1894
President| Thomas Bach
Vice Presidents| Ng Ser Miang John Coates Nicole Hoevertsz Juan Antonio Samaranch
Director General| Christophe De Kepper
Website| olympics.com/IOC