Nathan Twaddle
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Robert Nathan Twaddle (born August 21, 1976 in Hamilton ) is a former New Zealand rower .
Twaddle started rowing in 1990. His international career began in 2002 in the four without a helmsman . At the Rowing World Cup in Lucerne in 2003, he and Rob Hellstrom took third place in the two-man without a helmsman . In the same year the two finished seventh at the world championships in Milan .
Nathan Twaddle and his new partner George Bridgewater also took seventh place at the 2004 World Cup in Lucerne. At the Olympic Games in Athens , the two of them were fourth and missed the medal positions by 0.84 seconds. In 2005 Twaddle and Bridgewater won two World Cup regattas and also won the title at the World Championships in Gifu . In 2006, a fifth place in the Poznan World Cup was followed by a victory in Lucerne. At the World Championships in Eton , the two received the silver medal behind the Australians Drew Ginn and Duncan Free . In 2007 the New Zealanders won the World Cup in Amsterdam in the absence of the Australians. At the World Cup in Lucerne and at the World Championships in Munich , the Australians won ahead of the New Zealanders. Also in 2008 Twaddle and Bridgewater achieved a World Cup victory in Poznan. In the final of the Olympic Games in Beijing, Ginn and Free won ahead of Canadians David Calder and Scott Frandsen , with Twaddle and Bridgewater taking bronze medals behind them.
After that, Bridgewater temporarily ended his career. Twaddle competed in 2010 with the New Zealand double scull and finished seventh in front of a home crowd at the World Championships on Lake Karapiro .
Web links
- Nathan Twaddle in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Nathan Twaddle at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database)
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| SURNAME | Twaddle, Nathan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Twaddle, Robert Nathan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | New Zealand rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 21, 1976 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamilton |