Peter Taylor (rower)

Peter Taylor
Medal record
Men's rowing
Competitor for  New Zealand
Olympic Games
2012 London Lightweight double sculls
World Championships
2009 Poznan Lightweight double sculls
2011 Bled Lightweight double sculls
2013 Chungju LM4−
2014 Amsterdam LM4−
2010 Karapiro Lightweight double sculls
Under 23 World Championships
2006 Hazewinkel Lightweight double sculls

Peter Taylor (born 3 January 1984 in Lower Hutt) is a New Zealand rower.

In 2006 along with Graham Oberlin-Brown he became the Under 23 World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls, and in doing so set a new world under 23 best time.

Partnering Storm Uru he finished 7th in the men's lightweight double sculls at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1] The pair bettered this result at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal in the same event.

At the 2013 World Rowing Championships held at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea, he won a silver medal in the lightweight men's four with James Hunter, Curtis Rapley, and James Lassche.[2] At the 2014 World Rowing Championships held at Bosbaan, Amsterdam, he won a silver medal in the lightweight men's four with James Hunter, Alistair Bond, and Curtis Rapley.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Men's Lightweight Double Sculls – Official Results : Rowing". New York Times. Retrieved 5 February 2011.
  2. ↑ "Lightweight Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "Lightweight Men's Four – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 25 September 2015.

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