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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.
Robert Norman Waddell (ur. 7 stycznia 1975 w Te Kuiti) – nowozelandzki wioślarz oraz gracz rugby union, złoty medalista w wioślarskiej jedynce podczas Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich w Sydney. Osiągnięcia. Mistrzostwa Świata – Kolonia 1998 – jedynka – 1. miejsce.
18 lis 2022 · Champion rower’s battle with a major heart condition. Rob Waddell won gold at the Sydney Olympics, but he underwent life-changing surgery on his heart eight years later. He is now enjoying a normal life thanks to the incredible treatment he received from New Zealand’s expert cardiac surgeons.
Rob Waddell. New Zealand Olympian: 745. Olympic. 1. 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.
Robert Norman Waddell – nowozelandzki wioślarz oraz gracz rugby union, złoty medalista w wioślarskiej jedynce podczas Letnich Igrzysk Olimpijskich w Sydney[1].
Rob WADDELL. Team New Zealand. Rowing. Olympic Medals. 1 G. Games Participations 3. First Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. Year of Birth 1975. Olympic Results. Biography. Rob Waddell first competed in the single sculls at Atlanta in 1996 as a 21-year-old, and dominated the event in 2000 to win New Zealand’s only gold medal of the Sydney games.
Biography. Rob Waddell first competed in the single sculls at Atlanta in 1996 as a 21-year-old, and dominated the event in 2000 to win New Zealand’s only gold medal of the Sydney games. He had also won the world title in successive years 1998 and 1999 but for all his success, he left rowing to pursue a career in sailing.
