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Robert Norman Waddell ONZM (born 7 January 1975) is a New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist and double World Champion Single sculler rower, and America's Cup yachtsman. He is a triple New Zealand Supreme 'Halberg Awards' Sportsperson of the year winner, 1998 to 2000.
Rob Waddell continued a long line of outstanding New Zealand single scullers when he won world titles in 1998 and 1999, and capped his career with an Olympic gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
Nov 18, 2022 · When 25-year-old Rob Waddell became the single sculls Olympic champion in 2000, he burst onto Kiwi TV screens as a titan of rowing. Little did they know that in the background, he was suffering from a hereditary heart condition that threatened to derail his promising career.
Sep 8, 2021 · Rob Waddell finishes term as Chef de Mission – NZOC begins recruitment process for successor. 8 September 2021. The NZOC has opened a nation-wide search for the Birmingham 2022 New Zealand Team Chef de Mission, as gold medal-winning Olympian Rob Waddell steps down from the role after 8 years.
Rob Waddell is a New Zealand rower who won the single sculls gold medal at the 2000 Sydney Olympics. He also competed in sailing, the America's Cup and the double sculls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Olympic Champion Rob Waddell gets interviewed.. Rob Waddell is the Olympic Gold Medallist from Sydney 2000 in the mens rowing single sculls.
Rob Waddell - New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame - Where champions live on. (1975 - ) Inducted in 2017. For three years, Rob Waddell was practically invincible in the single sculls. Sporting Category: Rowing. World champion in 1998 and 1999, and Olympic champion in 2000 – he was an unstoppable force.
