George Bridgewater

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George Bridgewater was a World Champion and Olympic rower  He formed a successful pair with Nathan Twaddle.  They finished fourth in the pairs final at the Athens Olympics.  They won a gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Gifu Prefecture, Japan in 2005, in the Magic 45 minutes where four New Zealand crews won gold medals.  The pair finished second in the 2006 and 2007 World Rowing Championships.

In 2008, following the Beijing Olympics, Bridgewater matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford where he was part of the winning crew in the 155th University Boat Race on 29 March 2009, rowing at seven.  While at Oxford, Bridgewater stroked the Oriel College 1st Eight in Summer Eights, bumping Balliol College to finish 3rd on the river.

In 2015 George raced the quad at the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette finishing 9th and just half a second outside 8th place which was required for Olympic qualification.

In 2016 George Bridgewater competed in the men’s quad at the Final Qualification regatta in Lucerne in May with the hope of qualifying for the Rio Olympic Games. The crew finished third, one place outside of qualification but late removal of the already-qualified Russian men’s quad allowed entry for the New Zealanders.  Despite the late call up and interrupted training the crew finished fourth in the B Final.