Hamish Bond
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Hamish Bond is a New Zealand
Olympic
rower
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Bond was a member of the gold medal-winning coxless fours at the 2007 World Rowing Championships
. Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Bond was officially named as New Zealand's 1000th Olympian but later corrected to 1002 after a miscount. He was a member of the Men's coxless four which won the B final at Beijing.
The following year, he and Eric Murray
won the coxless pairs at the 2009 World Rowing Championships
. Bond and Murray together won the team of the year award at the 2009 New Zealand Halberg sports awards
.
Bond and Murray continued to row together in the coxless pairs and competed at the World Cup Series and at the World Rowing Championships in Karapiro, New Zealand 2010. They won all 4 of these international races. They won their 2nd world title together in front of a passionate home crowd. Bond describes racing in front of a home crowd as a "once in a lifetime experience". Bond and Murray have a long running rivalry with the British pair of Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs-Hodge. The British pair have won silver in 2009 and 2010.
They have also won the Silver Goblets at the Henley Royal Regatta for the past 2 consecutive years for the Mens Senior Pairs.
In 2010 Bond and Murray were nominated for team of the year at the Halberg Awards which was won by the All Whites.
New Zealand
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Olympic Games
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rower
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
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Bond was a member of the gold medal-winning coxless fours at the 2007 World Rowing Championships
2007 World Rowing Championships
The 30th World Rowing Championships was held between August 26 and September 2, 2007 in Munich, Germany.-Medal summary:- Men's & Women's Events :- Paralympic Events :...
. Prior to the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Bond was officially named as New Zealand's 1000th Olympian but later corrected to 1002 after a miscount. He was a member of the Men's coxless four which won the B final at Beijing.
The following year, he and Eric Murray
Eric Murray (rower)
Eric Murray is a New Zealand rower. He has won four World Rowing Championships gold medals. The first was as a member of the New Zealand coxless four at 2007 World Rowing Championships. Murray then went on to become a member of the double gold medal-winning coxless pair with fellow coxless four...
won the coxless pairs at the 2009 World Rowing Championships
2009 World Rowing Championships
The 38th 2009 World Rowing Championships regatta was held at Lake Malta, Poznań, Poland between August 23 – August 30.The annual week long rowing regatta was organized by FISA , and held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer...
. Bond and Murray together won the team of the year award at the 2009 New Zealand Halberg sports awards
Halberg awards
The Westpac Halberg awards recognise New Zealand's top sporting achievements.The annual award was started in 1949 by NZ Sportsman magazine founder Jack Fairburn...
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Bond and Murray continued to row together in the coxless pairs and competed at the World Cup Series and at the World Rowing Championships in Karapiro, New Zealand 2010. They won all 4 of these international races. They won their 2nd world title together in front of a passionate home crowd. Bond describes racing in front of a home crowd as a "once in a lifetime experience". Bond and Murray have a long running rivalry with the British pair of Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs-Hodge. The British pair have won silver in 2009 and 2010.
They have also won the Silver Goblets at the Henley Royal Regatta for the past 2 consecutive years for the Mens Senior Pairs.
In 2010 Bond and Murray were nominated for team of the year at the Halberg Awards which was won by the All Whites.