Hamish Bond
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| Full name | Hamish Bryon Bond | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 February 1986 Dunedin,New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (201 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse |
Lizzie Travis (m.2015) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Men'srowing/road cycling | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | North End Rowing Club[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hamish Bryon BondCNZM(born 13 February 1986) is a retired New Zealandrowerand formerroad cyclist.He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at the2012 London Olympic Games,the2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games,and at the2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[2]He won six consecutiveWorld Rowing Championshipsgold medals in the coxless pair and set the current world best times in both the coxless and coxed pair. He made a successful transition from rowing to road cycling after the2016 Summer Olympicsfocussing on the roadtime trial.He returned to rowing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, winning a gold medal in the men's eight.
Personal life[edit]
Bond was born inDunedin.[2]HeboardedatOtago Boys' High School.[3][4]He graduated in 2010 fromMassey Universitywith a Bachelor ofBusiness Studies(major in finance) and a Graduate Diploma in Personal Financial Planning.[5][6][7]Bond married Lizzie Travis in April 2015.[8]
Career[edit]
Rowing[edit]
Bond was a member of the New Zealand gold medal-winning coxless four at the2007 World Rowing Championships.The coxless four won team of the year at the Halberg Sports Awards in 2007. He was a member of themen's coxless fourwhich won the B final at the2008 Summer Olympics.
The following year, he andEric Murraycombined to win the coxless pair at the2009 World Rowing Championshipsin Poznan. After this performance Bond and Murray won the team of the year award at the 2009 New ZealandHalberg Sports Awards.
Bond and Murray continued to row together in the coxless pairs and competed at and won the World Cup Series and at the2010 World Rowing ChampionshipsonLake Karapiro,New Zealand 2010. They won their 2nd world title together in front of a passionate home crowd. Bond describes racing in front of a home crowd as a "once in a lifetime experience". Bond and Murray continued their undefeated streak, winning gold at the2011 World Rowing Championshipsin Slovenia. Bond and Murray had a long-running rivalry from 2009 to 2011 with the British pair ofPete ReedandAndrew Triggs Hodge.The British pair won silver in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Bond and Murray have also won the Silver Goblets & Nickalls' Challenge Cup for Men's Senior Pairs at theHenley Royal Regattain 2009 and 2010 and then again in 2013. In 2014 he set a World Indoor Rowing Record for the 60 minute category, completing 18,443m in that time.[9]
At the2012 London Olympic GamesBond and Murray took six seconds off theworld recordof 6:08.5 in their heat for the men's coxless pair. In the Olympic final they surged into the lead after the 500 metre mark to win the gold medal in 6:16.65 by open water. France edged Great Britain for the silver in 6:21.11 v. Great Britain's time of 6:21.77. The victory capped an undefeated streak that began when Murray and Bond began racing the pair internationally in 2009.
After London, Bond and Murray decided to continue as a partnership aiming towards the2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.They made changes to their training regime andNoel Donaldsonbecame their coach. They continued their unbeaten run through the next 4 years winning the World Championship Coxless Pair in 2013, 2014 and 2015. In 2014 inAmsterdamthey doubled up to win both the coxed and coxless pair events, setting a new World Best Time in the coxed pair of 6:33.26.
In Rio, Bond and Murray won their second consecutive Olympic gold medal, dominating the field and completing their 8-year unbeaten run together. In 2016, after returning home from Rio de Janeiro Bond and Murray wrote a book describing their journey through the years of rowing together. The book was commended for its candid and honest portrayal of their time together.[10][11]
In 2018 theInternational Rowing Federationawarded Bond and Murray theThomas Keller Medalfor their outstanding international rowing career. It is the sport's highest honour and is awarded within five years of the athlete's retirement, acknowledging an exceptional rowing career and exemplarysportsmanship.[12]
In 2019, Bond decided to rejoin the New Zealand rowing team, this time in the men's eight, alongside fellow double Olympic gold medallist Mahe Drysdale, aiming to compete at the Tokyo 2020 games. The eight did not initially qualify for the games, and qualified in May 2021 at the Last Chance Regatta. At the games, the eight won the gold medal.
In January 2022, Bond announced his retirement from rowing.[13]
Cycling[edit]
Outside of rowing, Bond has always been a keen cyclist. In 2009, he raced at elite level in New Zealand alongside fellow OlympianSam Bewley,competing in the six-dayTour of Southlandfor the Zookeepers-Cycle Surgery team.[14]The team'sHeath Blackgrovewon the 2009 event.
In November 2016, Bond announced that he would take a break from rowing in 2017, and concentrate on cycling instead.[15]In his first attempt at the national time trials in January 2017 he finished in third place,[16]he then went to win a bronze medal in theOceania Championships.[17]Bond competed in the 2016 Tour of Southland with the Vantage Windows and Doors Team. His teammate Michael Torckler briefly led the tour after an impressive performance from Bond and Torckler on the Coronet Peak climb.[18]Bond was selected to represent New Zealand for the2017 World Championships,held in Norway in September 2017,[19] where he finished in 39th in themen's time trial[20]after suffering a puncture.[21]On 5 January 2018 he won the elite men's time trial at the national road cycling championships inNapier,in a new course record.[22]Off the back of this performance he was selected to represent New Zealand in road cycling at the2018 Commonwealth Gameson theGold Coast.[21][23]In March 2018, Bond won the gold medal in the elite men's time trial at theOceania Championships.[24]
At the end of March 2018, he set a target to win a cycling medal at theTokyo Olympicsin 2020.[25]
On 10 April 2018, Bond won the bronze medal in the road time trial at theCommonwealth Gameson the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.[26]
Major results[edit]
- 2017
- 3rd
Time trial,Oceania Road Championships - 3rdTime trial,National Road Championships
- 9th OverallNew Zealand Cycle Classic
- 2018
- 1st
Time trial,Oceania Road Championships - 1st
Time trial,National Road Championships - 3rd
Time trial,Commonwealth Games - 3rdChrono Champenois
- 2019
- 2ndTime trial,National Road Championships
- 2020
- 1stTime trial,National Road Championships
- 2021
- 4thTime trial,National Road Championships
Sailing[edit]
In January 2023, Bond accepted the role of cyclor in Emirates Team New Zealand for the2024 America's Cup.[citation needed]
Honours[edit]
In the2013 New Year Honours,Bond was appointed aMember of the New Zealand Order of Meritfor services to rowing.[27]In the2023 New Year Honours,he was promoted toCompanion of the New Zealand Order of Merit,also for services to rowing.[28]
References[edit]
- ^"Bond, Strachan for club's 125th".Otago Daily Times.25 August 2016.
- ^abEvans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Hamish Bond".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon 17 April 2020.Retrieved2 March2016.
- ^"NZ wins first gold at Rio".Otago Daily Times.11 August 2016.
- ^Bond & Murray, 2016
- ^"Hamish Bond one of country's shining stars".Archived fromthe originalon 18 December 2014.Retrieved15 April2014.
- ^"Olympian takes time out to graduate".massey.ac.nz.19 April 2012.
- ^"Bond of brothers".Massey University.20 July 2016.Retrieved13 October2017.
- ^"Wedding showers for Olympic rower Hamish Bond and Lizzie Travis".The New Zealand Herald.25 April 2015.ISSN1170-0777.Retrieved26 February2018.
- ^"World Records".Concept2.Retrieved26 February2018.
- ^"The inside story on Murray and Bond - worldrowing.com".www.worldrowing.com.Retrieved26 February2018.
- ^"The Kiwi Pair by Eric Murray".Retrieved26 February2018.
- ^"Murray and Bond win 2018 Thomas Keller Medal"(Press release). Lausanne:International Rowing Federation.29 June 2018.Retrieved10 September2018.
- ^"Olympics great Hamish Bond retires from rowing after three gold medals".Stuff.26 January 2022.Retrieved26 January2022.
- ^BBC News (8 June 2012)."Hamish Bond profile".BBC News.
- ^"Rowing pair Hamish Bond and Eric Murray put golden partnership on hold".The New Zealand Herald.18 November 2016.Retrieved20 November2016.
- ^Olympian Hamish Bond completes transition to road cycling with bronze medal finish in national time trials
- ^Hinton, Marc (10 March 2017)."Rowing champ Hamish Bond continues to excel on bike with Oceania Championships time-trial third".Stuff.Retrieved19 August2017.
- ^"NZ rowing double gold medallist Hamish Bond shows he can foot it in the 2016 Tour of Southland cycle race".Stuff.2 November 2016.Retrieved26 February2018.
- ^Rowing champion Hamish Bond back on the big stage in his new sport of cycling
- ^"UCI 2017 World Championships, 20th of September – Men Elite Individual Time Trial"(PDF).Archived fromthe original(PDF)on 21 September 2017.Retrieved20 September2017.
- ^abAnderson, Ian (23 November 2017)."World champions remain absent".The Press.p. B8.Retrieved24 November2017.
- ^"Hamish Bond wins men's time trial at national elite road cycling championships".5 January 2018.
- ^"Rowing great Hamish Bond part of New Zealand's cycling team for Commonwealth Games".Stuff.17 February 2018.Retrieved26 February2018.
- ^"Hamish Bond takes another huge step to Commonwealth Games by winning Oceania cycling title".Stuff.23 March 2018.Retrieved23 March2018.
- ^Majendie, Matt."Commonwealth Games 2018: Hamish Bond switches strokes for spokes".CNN.Retrieved29 March2018.
- ^O'Halloran, Kate (10 April 2018)."Australia win double Commonwealth gold in cycling time trial events".The Guardian.Guardian News and Media Limited.Retrieved10 April2018.
- ^"New Year honours list 2013".Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2012.Retrieved10 January2018.
- ^"New Year Honours: New Zealanders recognised across fields from science to sport".Radio New Zealand.31 December 2022.Retrieved31 December2022.
- Bond, Hamish;Murray, Eric(2016).The Kiwi Pair.Penguin Books.
External links[edit]
- Hamish Bondat Cycling Archives
- Hamish Bondat ProCyclingStats
- Hamish Bondat CycleBase
- Hamish BondatWorld Rowing
- Hamish BondatOlympics.com
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