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Rob Waddell

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Robert Norman Waddell (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. He holds the third fastest 2000 metre indoor rowing machine time in the world, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6 secs (5:36.6), which was the previous world record for 19 years before the time was improved by Joshua Dunkley-Smith. He also held the record for 5000m on the rowing machine with a time of 14min 58sec. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Rob Waddell is the 4,279th most popular athlete (up from 6,996th in 2019), the 208th most popular biography from New Zealand (up from 291st in 2019) and the 32nd most popular New Zealander Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Rob Waddell ranks 4,279 out of 6,025Before him are Lillie Leatherwood, Sofia Bekatorou, Anaïs Bescond, Jari Mantila, Ester Workel, and Benjamin Limo. After him are Edna Kiplagat, Mike Stulce, Todd Hays, Liu Jing, Fabrizio Mori, and Khatuna Lorig.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Rob Waddell ranks 920Before him are Akinori Kosaka, Kyle Bornheimer, Joe Smith, Andy Hallett, Laure Pequegnot, and Ester Workel. After him are Laura Voutilainen, Lisandro Alonso, Ademola Okulaja, Luciano Siqueira de Oliveira, Patrick Zwaanswijk, and Christophe Kempé.

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In New Zealand

Among people born in New Zealand, Rob Waddell ranks 208 out of 303Before him are Sonny Bill Williams (1985), Jack Bauer (1985), Barbara Kendall (1967), Kayne Vincent (1988), Daniel Logan (1987), and Stefan Marinovic (1991). After him are Benee (2000), Hamish Carter (1971), George Bennett (1990), Ben Sigmund (1981), Simon van Velthooven (1988), and Laurel Hubbard (1978).

Among ATHLETES In New Zealand

Among athletes born in New Zealand, Rob Waddell ranks 32Before him are Fabiana (null), Caroline Evers-Swindell (1978), José Reyes (null), Valerie Adams (1984), Daniel López (null), and Barbara Kendall (1967). After him are Hamish Carter (1971), Laurel Hubbard (1978), Maddison Keeney (1996), Lisa Carrington (1989), Tom Ashley (1984), and Nick Willis (1983).