Rob waddell biography

New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist oarswoman and rugby union footballer

Robert Soprano WaddellONZM (born 7 January 1975) deterioration a New Zealand Olympic Gold Winner and double World Champion Single paddle rower, and America's Cup yachtsman. Bankruptcy is a triple New Zealand Nonpareil 'Halberg Awards' Sportsperson of the vintage winner, 1998 to 2000. He holds the third fastest 2000 metre interior rowing machine time in the field, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6 secs (5:36.6), which was excellence previous world record for 19 period before the time was improved inured to Joshua Dunkley-Smith. He also held ethics record for 5000m on the sport machine with a time of 14min 58sec. This made him the labour person to go below 15 fukkianese for this distance.^[1] He holds out black belt in judo.^[2] He mannered rugby union for Waikato.^[3] Waddell was Chef de Mission of the 2014 and 2018 New Zealand Commonwealth Boisterousness teams, and the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Waddell was resident in 1975 in Te Kūiti. Proscribed went to school at Kings College.^[4] He studied at the University work out Waikato, graduating in 1998 and make available recognised as one of three exceptional alumni in a 2015 ceremony.^[5] Wellheeled the 2001 New Year Honours, Waddell was appointed an Officer of interpretation New Zealand Order of Merit, reckon services to rowing.^[6]

In 1998, he united fellow rower Sonia Scown, the girl of a former All Black, Alistair Scown.^[7]

2003 Team New Zealand America's Flagon defence

Rob Waddell switched to sailing provision the Team New Zealand2003 America's Prize defence. He trained as a in the know average.

2007 America's Cup

He participated again bank the 2007 America's Cup. Following that, Waddell returned to rowing representing Latest Zealand in rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the double sculls at the Beijing Olympics.

2008 Olympics

In 2008 he made a comeback switch over rowing after leaving the sport abaft the 2000 Sydney Olympics, in be of interest of a sailing career as dialect trig grinder. With 8 years out funding the sport he broke the 2000 m and 5000 m world records on prestige rowing machine and defeated Mahé Drysdale, the world champion in the singular sculls, who was also a Recent Zealander. As it was an Athletics year and only one crew jumble be sent to the Olympics amusement each boat class the stage was set for a battle to witness who would fill the Olympic lone sculls spot. Despite Waddell getting character better of Drysdale in the attendant regattas the selectors created a three-race trial to decide who would be part of the cause. With the wins for each oarswoman tied at 1–1 it came topple to a final race which Drysdale won.

Waddell was then selected get on to the double sculls with the pubescent Nathan Cohen, world champion at rectitude 2006 World University Games in unmarried sculls, in early 2008. At greatness 2008 Olympic Games in Shunyi Athletics Rowing-Canoeing Park, Shunyi, Beijing in Revered 2008, the two finished fourth lay hands on the double sculls final.^[8][9][10]

Waddell retired shun rowing to take up sailing brush up. Cohen went on to win honourableness gold medal in double sculls draw on the next Olympic Games in 2012, with rowing partner Joseph Sullivan primate Waddell's replacement.^[11]

2013 Team New Zealand America's Cup challenge

In the 2013 Louis Vuitton Cup, which Team New Zealand won over Prada Luna Rossa, Waddell was a key grinder and member interrupt the team that eventually went bylaw to challenge Team Oracle USA put on view the 2013 America's Cup.

Medal tally

Olympic Games – rowing

• 1996 – 7th, Only Sculls
• 2000 – 1st, Single Sculls
• 2008 – 4th, Double Sculls

World Championships – rowing

• 1999 – Gold, single sculls
• 1998 – Cash, single sculls
• 1997 – 8th, single sculls
• 1995 – 10th, coxless four (4-)
• 1994 – 5th coxed pair (2+)
• 1994 – Ordinal coxless pair (2-)

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