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Anton De Croos competing in Southland Olympic Weightlifting Training and Club competitions in 2015.
Police released the name of the man who died in an accident on Bluff Hwy near the Waimatuku Bridge, Woodend, on December 5.
It was Dr. Giovan Vincent Anthony De Croos, 81, of Invercargill, also known as Anton.
De Croos was the sole occupant of a Nissan Tiida that crashed on the road at 10:25 p.m.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Police have named the man who died in an accident on Bluff Highway on December 5.
Police are requesting any information from people who traveled between Bluff and Invercargill between 9:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.
Police are also appealing any sightings of a light blue Hyundai Sonata Saloon.
De Croos, a Sri Lankan-born physician, was one of the most respected athletes and coaches in the Olympic weightlifting movement.
In 2015, he received a special plaque after more than 30 years of weightlifting competition and training at Invercargill.
De Croos won eight national titles in his native Sri Lanka during the 1960s before arriving in New Zealand in 1970.
He won three more New Zealand titles before switching to powerlifting and working his way to two more national titles in the mid-1970s, and was the doctor for the New Zealand weightlifting team at the Commonwealth Games of 1990.
De Croos had coached the Southerners on New Zealand teams and two national titles.
