Rob Waddell, born Robert Norman Waddell on 7 January 1975 in Te Kuiti, is a New Zealand rower and America's Cup yachtsman. He is an Olympic gold medallist and a double world champion single sculler, and he was named New Zealand supreme Halberg Awards sportsperson of the year three times, from 1998 to 2000. His 2000 metre indoor rowing machine time was the world record for 19 years, and he was the first person to row 5000 metres on the machine in under fifteen minutes. After leaving rowing following the 2000 Sydney Olympics he sailed as a grinder for Team New Zealand in the 2003, 2007 and 2013 America's Cup campaigns, returned to row the double sculls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, finishing fourth with Nathan Cohen, and later served as chef de mission of New Zealand teams at Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games.
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is a New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist
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born 7 January 1975
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He holds a black belt in judo.
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New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist and double World Champion Single sculler rower
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is a New Zealand Olympic Gold Medalist
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double World Champion Single sculler rower
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representing New Zealand in rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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