Andrew Bird (rowing)
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Born | 17 March 1967 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrew Bird (born 17 March 1967) is a former New Zealand rowing cox who won an Olympic bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul.
Bird was born in Greymouth, New Zealand, in 1967. He won Bronze in the coxed four along with George Keys, Greg Johnston, Ian Wright and Chris White. In 1986 Bird won Silver medals in the coxed four at both the Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh and the World Rowing Championships in Nottingham.[1]
He is now married and lives in Wellington where he is the headmaster of Muritai primary school.{{[2]}}
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- Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
- Olympic medalists in rowing
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