4. Mens Single Sculls
Mahe Drysdale won a ‘GOLD’ medal in
Mens Single Sculls. He came 1st place in
all his heats and his hard work payed off
winning New Zealand ‘GOLD’!
Birth Date: 19/11/1978
Age: 33
Weight: 100kg/220 lbs
Height: 199cm 6’6”
5. Mens Pair Rowing
Hamish Bond and Eric Murray won the first ‘GOLD’
medal for New Zealand in the Olympic Games.
Hamish Bond:
Birth Date: 13/02/1986
Age: 26
Weight: 91kg / 201 lbs
Height: 189cm / 6’2”
Eric Murray:
Birth Date: 06/05/1982
Age: 30
Weight: 98kg / 216 lbs
Height: 195 cm / 6’5”
6. Mens Lightweight Double Sculls
Peter Taylor and Storm Uru claimed New Zealands next
Rowing medal of Bronze.
Peter Taylor:
Birth date: 03/01/1984
Age: 28
Weight: 72kg / 159 lbs
Height: 189 cm / 6’2”
Storm Uru”
Birth date: 14/02/1985
Age: 27
Weight: 72kg / 159 lbs
Height: 190 cm / 6’3”
7. Women’s Pair Rowing
Rebecca Scown and Juliette Haigh won New Zealand a
bronze medal. They worked hard in the heats but didn’t
get gold.
Rebecca Scowm
Birth Date: 10/08/1983
Age: 29
Weight: 73kg / 161 lbs
Height: 176 cm / 5’9”
Juliette Haigh
Birth Date: 04/08/1982
Age: 30
Weight: 69kg / 152 lbs
Height: 176 cm / 5’9”
8. Team Eventing Equestrian
Jonelle Richards, Jonathan
Paget, Caroline Powell,
Andrew Nicholson and Mark
Todd all won New Zealand a
bronze medal in the Team
Eventing Equestrian. The
team also went as individuals
but set the glory as a team.
9. Mens 49er Sailing
Peter Burling and Blaire Tuke won New Zealand a
silver medal in sailing. The loss to Australia was defeating
accept the women bring back gold!
Blaire Tuke
Birth Date: 25/07/1989
Age: 23
Weight: 77kg / 170 lbs
Height: 181 cm/ 5’11”
Peter Burling
Birth Date: 01/01/1991
Age: 21
Weight: 82 kg / 181 lbs
Height: 186 cm / 6’1”
10. Mens Team Cycling-Track
Sam Bewley, Westley
Gough, Marc Ryan and Jesse
Sergent won New Zealand a
bronze medal as at team in
the cycling. News says that
Jesse Sergent couldn’t hold
his weight in the race and
failed for them all.
11. Mens Keirin Cycling-Track
Simon van Velthooven won New Zealand a
bronze medal for the Mens Keirin, it
should of been Ethan Mitchell!!!
Birth Date: 08/12/1988
Age: 23
Weight:n 92kg / 203 lbs
Height: 185 cm / 6’1”
12. Women’s Kayak Single (K1) 200m
Canoe Sprint
Lisa Carrington won New
Zealand a ‘GOLD’ medal
after not doing that well in
the heats.
Birth Date: 23/06/1989
Age: 23
Weight: 53kg / 117 lbs
Height: 168 cm / 5’6”
13. Women’s Cycling BMX
Sarah Walker brought home
a Silver medal to add to her
collection. It was such a fast
race.
Birth Date 10/07/1988
Age: 24
Weight: 76kg / 168 lbs
Height: 176 cm / 5’9”
14. Womens Shotput
Valerie Adams won a gold medal in the
olympics, originally she won silver because
her appoinent from Belarus took it out.
After taking tests on the lady from Belarus
they got a signal of drug or energetic
formula in her body. In the end Valeries
won the womens shotput, but is yet to get
her medal. The drug scandall has been all
over NZ television and the medal is now
somewhere deep inside Belarus.
Birthdate: 06/10/1984
Age: 27
Weight: 120kg 265lbs
Height: 193cm 6’4”