Cambridge Walk of Fame

Vaughn Jefferis is a New Zealand horseman who won a Bronze medal at the Olympic Games. Initially competing in showjumping, Jefferis switched to Eventing in 1990 and had immediate success, being part of the Gold…

Trevor Discombe was a motorcycle racer.  Between 1965 and 1981 Trevor earned an impressive record on the Australasian and Asian motorcycling stage, including 24 New Zealand titles and a number of Asian title victories: 1966,…

Tracey Fear played in two Netball World Cups– 1983 and 1987 (which the Silver Ferns won) – and was part of a dominant Silver Ferns era which included winning the 1985 World Games title. As…

Sonia Waddell is a New Zealand athlete mostly known for her rowing career, but she excelled in other sports. She represented New Zealand in the 400m hurdles at the 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics…

Sheila Laxon was the first female thoroughbred horse trainer to win the Australian cups double, the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup, with her mare Ethereal in 2001.  Her efforts were recognised when she took out…

Sarah Walker is an Olympic BMX rider.  In the 2008 season Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) Rounds, Walker won seven races, came second in one race and didn’t race two races.  She was ranked number one…

Sarah Ulmer is the first New Zealander to win an Olympic cycling gold medal, which she won in the 3km individual pursuit at the 2004 Athens Olympics setting a world record. After the 2004 Olympics,…

Robert played over 50 games for the Tall Blacks.  Internationally he competed in the men’s tournament at the 2000 Olympic Games and in the 2002 FIBA world cup where New Zealand came fourth.

In 1998 at the age of 23 Rob Waddell became the Single Sculls World Champion, retaining his title the following year before claiming a gold medal in the same discipline at the Sydney Olympics in…

Richard Tonks was a rower and champion coach.  In 1970 he rowed for Otago in Dunedin and was able to earn a place on the national team in 1971.  By 1972 he was stroking the…