Shaun Kirkham
New Zealand rower (born 1992)
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Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Born | (1992-07-24) 24 July 1992 (age 32) Hamilton, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||
Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 84 kg (185 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Shaun Kirkham (born 24 July 1992) is a New Zealand rower.[1] He came fourth at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the men's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.[2] He came sixth with his team at the eights competition in Rio de Janeiro.[3] He won an Olympic gold medal in the men's eights event at the 2020 Olympics.
References
- ^ a b c "Shaun Kirkham". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Ian (7 September 2015). "New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs". Stuff. Retrieved 4 July 2016.
- ^ Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 23 October 2016.
External links
- Shaun Kirkham at World Rowing
- Shaun Kirkham at Olympedia
- Shaun Kirkham at Olympics.com
- Shaun Kirkham at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
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Olympic champions – Men's eight
- 1908: Gladstone, Kelly, Johnstone, Nickalls, Burnell, Sanderson, Etherington-Smith, Bucknall, Maclagan (GBR)
- 1960: Rulffs, Schröder, F. Schepke, K. Schepke, von Groddeck, Hopp, Bittner, Lenk, Padge (EUA)
- 1968: Meyer, Hottenrott, Schreyer, Hirschfelder, Henning, Siebert, Ulbricht, Ott, Tiersch (FRG)
- 2020: Mackintosh, Bond, Murray, Brake, Williamson, Wilson, Kirkham, Macdonald, Bosworth (NZL)
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