George Bridgewater

George Bridgewater

George Bridgewater (born 18 January 1983 in Wellington) is a New Zealand rower who currently competes in the pair at international level with Nathan Twaddle. The pair won bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. They have been together representing New Zealand since 2004, and that year they finished fourth in the final at the Athens Olympics.

The pair won a gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Gifu, 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 which is great.

Bridgewater rows for the Canaviron club based in Cambridge, and has won several titles at New Zealand Rowing Championships since 2002.

References

* [http://www.rowingnz.com/Athletes/tabid/30/ArticleID/66/Default.aspx Rowing New Zealand page]
* [http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=25471&id=3774 New Zealand Olympic Committee]


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