Matthew Dunham

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Matthew Dunham
Personal information
Born (1994-08-15) 15 August 1994 (age 29)
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2017 Sarasota Lwt single sculls

Matthew Dunham (born 15 August 1994) is a New Zealand rower.

Biography

Dunham was born in 1994 in Takapuna, New Zealand.[1][2] He received his secondary education at St Peter's School in Cambridge, New Zealand,[3] and is a member of the Cambridge Rowing Club.[4] He completed a Bachelor of Management Studies at the University of Waikato.[3]

Dunham represented New Zealand at the January

2015 World Rowing U23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he came fourth in the U23 lightweight double sculls partnered with Bryce Abernethy.[6]

Dunham went to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a reserve for the lightweight men's four but did not compete.[7]

In 2017, he won the Diamond Challenge Sculls (the premier event for single sculls) at the Henley Royal Regatta.[8] Later that year, at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, the first year he competed at elite level, he won a silver medal in the lightweight single sculls; he stated afterwards that he was happy to have even made it into the A-final.[7] Dunham would prefer to row in the lightweight double sculls instead of the single, as the double is an Olympic event; his aim is to make it to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Matthew Dunham". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. International Rowing Federation
    . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Matthew Dunham". University of Waikato. Archived from the original on 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  4. ^ "Matthew Dunham". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  5. International Rowing Federation
    . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  6. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 30 September 2017.[permanent dead link
    ]
  7. ^ a b "Kiwi rower Matthew Dunham claims silver in lightweight sculls at world champs in Florida". Newshub. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  8. ^ "Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners". Henley Royal Regatta. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  9. Stuff.co.nz
    . Retrieved 30 September 2017.
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