Courtney Ireland
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Courtney W. Ireland is a New Zealand athlete specialising in the shot put.

He competed in the Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games
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 in 1990
1990 Commonwealth Games
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, and in 1994
1994 Commonwealth Games
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when he won silver.

He was in the USA on a scholarship 1991-94, and later played rugby in Japan for Coca-Cola.
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