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Matt Macdonald

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Matt Macdonald
Personal information
Born(1999-03-15)15 March 1999(age 25)
Auckland,New Zealand[1]
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Medal record
Men'srowing
RepresentingNew Zealand
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Eight
Silver medal – second place 2024 Paris Coxless four
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Belgrade Coxless four

Matthew Macdonald(born 15 March 1999) is a New Zealandrower.[2]He won agold medalin themen's eight eventat the2020 Summer Olympics.[3]

Career

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Prior to the 2020 Olympic Games, he finished second in the men's coxless four at the 2017 Junior World Rowing Championships; third in the same boat class at the 2018 Under-23 World Rowing Championships; fifteenth in the same boat class at the2018 World Rowing Championships;and 6th in the men's eight at the2019 World Rowing Championships.[4]He is from Auckland, New Zealand and began rowing atAuckland Grammar School.He has also represented Auckland Rowing Club andNorth Shore Rowing Club.[5]He lives inCambridgeand is studying for a Bachelor of Sport and Recreation atMassey University.[6]

References

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  1. ^"Matt Macdonald".New Zealand Olympic Committee.Retrieved26 July2021.
  2. ^"Matt Macdonald".Olympedia.Retrieved26 July2021.
  3. ^"Rowing – Heat 2 Results".Tokyo 2020.Archived fromthe originalon 25 July 2021.Retrieved26 July2021.
  4. ^"World Rowing – Matt MACDONALD".World Rowing.Retrieved15 August2021.
  5. ^"Matthew Macdonald: RowingNZ".rowingnz.kiwi.Retrieved15 August2021.
  6. ^"Matt Macdonald".New Zealand Olympic Team.11 June 2021.Retrieved15 August2021.
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