Jump to content

Andrew Bird (rowing)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by Lucyrussellgeog56 (talk | contribs) at 17:16, 25 April 2017. The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Andrew Bird
Personal information
Born (1967-03-17) 17 March 1967 (age 57)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1988 Seoul Coxed four
World Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place 1986 Nottingham Coxed four

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]}}

References

  1. ^ "Men's Coxed Four – Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  2. ^ http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/hutt-valley/73813411/Muritai-Principal-Andrew-Bird-selected-as-Woolf-Fisher-Fellow