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| Born | 7 February 1980 (age 44) Ashburton, New Zealand [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Christ's College, University of Waikato | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Duncan Grant (born 7 February 1980) is a New Zealand rower. [1]
Grant was born in Ashburton in 1980. [1] Throughout his rowing career, he has competed in the lightweight men's single sculls category. At the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, he won a bronze medal. [2] He was lightweight men's single sculls world champion on three occasions: at the championships in 2007 in Munich, [3] in 2008 in Ottensheim, [4] and in 2009 in Poznań. [5] When the world championships were held in his home town at Lake Karapiro in 2010, he missed the A-final and came first in the B-final. [6] At the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled, he won a bronze medal. [7]
In February 2011, Peter Taylor became New Zealand national champion in lightweight men's single sculls, beating Grant in an upset win. [8]
He was a mathematics teacher at Auckland Grammar School from May 2018 to December 2018.[ citation needed]
References
- ^ a b c d e f "Duncan Grant". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ "(LM1x) Lightweight Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
- ^ McMurran, Alistair (19 February 2011). "Rowing: Bond the King of Ruataniwha with two more titles". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 25 February 2017.
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