Bruce Kendall
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Birth name | Anthony Bruce Kendall | |||||||||||||||||
Born | Papakura, New Zealand | 27 June 1964|||||||||||||||||
Relative | Barbara Kendall (sister) | |||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||
Sport | Sailing | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Anthony Bruce Kendall
He has served as an elected member of the Howick Local Board since 2019.
Yachting
Kendall's family are yachtsmen. He began sailing in the P-class and Starlings before progressing to crewing 470 and keelboats. When he was 14 he turned to windsurfing.[1]
Olympics
Competing in
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Kendall was a sailing coach for the New Zealand team. Kendall attempted to qualify for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing in the Tornado class with fellow former Olympic boardsailing representative Aaron McIntosh, but they were unsuccessful.
Kendall is the older brother of Barbara Kendall, who is also an Olympic gold medallist. They are the only brother and sister to have achieved this feat for New Zealand.
Kimberly Birkenfeld
In 2002 Kimberly Birkenfeld, on a windsurfer, collided with a Yachting New Zealand motorboat driven by Kendall about one nautical mile from the Olympic sailing venue in Athens, Greece. Birkenfeld hit the back left hand side of the motorboat, knocking her unconscious. Kendall then pulled Birkenfeld on board the motorboat and resuscitated her. In hospital, Birkenfeld remained unconscious for 30 days. She had suffered severe head and spinal injuries, and remained in hospital for two months. Since the accident Birkenfeld now has to rely on a wheelchair for travelling long distances, suffers shortness of breath, and struggles to speak.[3]
In 2004 she filed a $15 million claim against Kendall and Yachting NZ. The High Court limited compensation payable to Birkenfeld to the extent of Yachting NZ's insurance cover of $500,000. A stay of proceedings was also issued by the High Court halting Birkenfeld's case. In 2008 Birkenfeld unsuccessfully challenged the High Court decision in the Court of Appeal. She then appealed her case to the Supreme Court. In August 2009 the Supreme Court rejected her appeal.[3]
Coaching
In 2012 Kendall was the coach of the Hong Kong board sailing team.[4]
Political career
Kendall is active within local body politics in East Auckland. He first stood for the Howick Local Board in the 2016 Auckland local elections, but was unsuccessful.[5] Kendall stood again in 2019 and was elected to the Board, representing the Pakuranga subdivision.[6]
Awards and honours
In the
References
- ^ a b c New Zealand's Greatest Olympians – Number 18: Bruce Kendall, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, 19 July 2016 5:00am
- ^ Profile of Bruce Kendall Archived 26 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine. olympic.org.nz.
- ^ a b Olympian's seven-year battle over, Steve Hopkins, Sunday Star Times, Wellington, 29 August 2009
- ^ Advice for pupils from Olympian, Rebecca Fox, Otago Daily Times, 19 May 2012
- ^ "Final local elections results confirmed". Our Auckland. March 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "2019 local elections final results – Mayor, ward councillors, local board members" (PDF). Auckland Council. 18 October 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
- ^ "No. 51774". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 17 June 1989. p. 32.
External links
- Bruce Kendall at World Sailing
- Bruce Kendall at the New Zealand Sports Hall of Fame
- Bruce Kendall at the New Zealand Olympic Committee
- Bruce Kendall at Olympics.com
- Bruce Kendall at Olympedia