Rob Waddell
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Rob Waddell, nicknamed V-12, (born 7 January 1975) is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby player. In 1998, he married fellow rower Sonia Scown.
Waddell won the single scull at the rowing World Championships in 1998 and 1999 and a gold medal in the single scull at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
He started rowing at King's College, Auckland. He later joined Team New Zealand as a grinder for the America's Cup 2003.
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Achievements
- Olympic Medals: 1 Gold
- World Championship Medals: 2 Gold
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Olympic Games
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World Championships
- 1999 - Gold, Single Sculls
- 1998 - Gold, Single Sculls
- 1997 - 8th, Single Sculls
- 1994 - 5th, Double Sculls
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External links
- FISA profile (http://www.fisa.org/bio/bio.sps?iBiographyID=1022)
- Short biography (http://library.christchurch.org.nz/Childrens/FamousNewZealanders/Rob.asp)
- Profile on RowingOne (http://80.83.47.230/ndisplaypeople.fwx?no_id=11643)
