Sonia Waddell
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Sonia Waddell (born 19 February 1973) is a New Zealand
rower
and cyclist.
Waddell is the daughter of former All Black Alistair Scown and sister of rugby player Hayden Scown. She is married to fellow rower Rob Waddell
.
In 1990 she represented New Zealand in the 400 m hurdles at the World Junior Athletic Championships.
In 2000
and 2004 Summer Olympics
, she competed in the single sculls at the Olympic Games, placing sixth and fifth, respectively. She won a silver medal in the 2001 World Rowing Championships
in the quadruple sculls.
In 2011 she won the New Zealand Cycling Time Trial Championship.
At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
she took one gold and one bronze as a pilot
, with teammate Jayne Parsons
.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
rower
Sport rowing
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...
and cyclist.
Waddell is the daughter of former All Black Alistair Scown and sister of rugby player Hayden Scown. She is married to fellow rower Rob Waddell
Rob Waddell
Robert "Rob" Norman Waddell, ONZM, is a New Zealand rower, yachtsman and rugby union player. Waddell has one of the highest VO2 max intake levels of any athlete ever tested. He holds the fastest 2000 metre indoor rowing machine time in the world, clocking a time of 5 mins 36.6 secs...
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In 1990 she represented New Zealand in the 400 m hurdles at the World Junior Athletic Championships.
In 2000
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
and 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
, she competed in the single sculls at the Olympic Games, placing sixth and fifth, respectively. She won a silver medal in the 2001 World Rowing Championships
2001 World Rowing Championships
The 24th World Rowing Championships were held between August 19 and August 26, 2001 in Lucerne, Switzerland.-Medal summary:- Medals table :...
in the quadruple sculls.
In 2011 she won the New Zealand Cycling Time Trial Championship.
At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships
The 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships were the World Championships for track cycling where athletes with a physical disability competed in 2011...
she took one gold and one bronze as a pilot
Sighted guide
A sighted guide is a person who guides a person with blindness or vision impairment.-Paralympic Games:At the Paralympic Games there are various classifications of athletes with a visual impairment....
, with teammate Jayne Parsons
Jayne Parsons
Jayne Parsons is a New Zealand paralympic cyclist who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Paralympics along with tandem partner Annaliisa Farrell in the Women's Time trial. Parsons suffers from visual impairments.-Footnotes:...
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