Barbara Kendall

Barbara Kendall (born August 30, 1967 in Papakura) is a boardsailor from New Zealand. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, silver medal in 1996 (in Atlanta, Georgia), and a bronze medal in 2000 (in Sydney). [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KENDABAR01 Profile: "Barbara Kendall"] "databaseOlympics.com" (Retrieved on December 22, 2007)] Kendall finished 5th at the 2004 Games in Athens and sixth at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She is the first, and as of 2008, only woman from New Zealand to compete at 5 Olympic Games.

She was the Oceania athletes' representative on the International Olympic Committee from 2005 to 2008, having replaced Susie O'Neill who resigned in 2005 (Kendall was the athlete from the same continent who had received the next highest number of votes for the commission), and is on the New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes Commission [ [http://www.olympic.org/uk/news/events/117_session/full_story_uk.asp?id=1424 International Olympic Committee - News] ] until 2008. [ [http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/halloffame/k/n214046536.shtml IOC Athletes' Commission election results released] ]

References

* [http://www.olympic.org.nz/Athletes/AthleteProfile.aspx?Print=&ContactID=21&id=3774 Biography at New Zealand Olympic Committee]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/organisation/ioc/members/bio_uk.asp?id=1112 Biography at International Olympic Committee]