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Nathan Twaddle MNZM
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Nathan Twaddle is a World Champion and Olympic rower.  He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the coxless pair rowing with his partner George Bridgewater and won a bronze medal.

He rowed for the Otago University and Auckland Rowing Clubs, and won several titles at New Zealand Rowing Championships, including the single sculls championships.

Twaddle first competed for New Zealand at the World Championships in Milan Italy in 2003, qualifying for the Athens Olympics with pairs partner Robert Hellstrom.

The following year Twaddle and Bridgewater were paired together and finished fourth in the pairs final at the Athens Olympics.  They were world champions in 2005 and won their gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in the Magic 45 minutes where four New Zealand crews won gold medals.  The pair were subsequently named Halberg Team of the Year.  They were silver medalists in the 2006 and 2007 World Rowing Championships.

He was part of the International Olympic Broadcasting Commentary team for the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio.  Twaddle is a member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes Commission, having held the position since 2009.  He is the current Chair of that Commission and a member of the NZOC Board.

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