Sonia Waddell

Sonia Waddell (née Scown) (born 19 February 1973)[1] is a New Zealand rower and cyclist.

Waddell is the daughter of former All Black Alistair Scown and sister of rugby player Hayden Scown. She is married to fellow rower Rob Waddell.[2][3]

In 1990 she represented New Zealand in the 400 m hurdles at the World Junior Athletic Championships.[4]

In 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics, she competed in the single sculls at the Olympic Games, placing sixth and fifth, respectively.[1] She won a silver medal in the 2001 World Rowing Championships in the quadruple sculls.[5]

In 2011 she won the New Zealand Cycling Time Trial Championship.[6]

At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships she took one gold and one bronze as a pilot, with teammate Jayne Parsons.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Sonia Waddell-Scown". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  2. ↑ "Rowing's golden couple dream of life off water". New Zealand Herald. 6 October 2000. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  3. ↑ Wilson, Lib (18 September 2013). "Waddell's in-laws living Cup challenge". Waikato Times. Retrieved 26 September 2015.
  4. ↑ "NZ's queen of rowing working at full stretch". New Zealand Herald. 25 September 1999. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  5. ↑ "Rowing: Quadruple sculls continue silver championships". New Zealand Herald. 27 August 2001. Retrieved 12 February 2010.
  6. ↑ Waddell takes the title
  7. ↑ Kilgallon, Steve (4 July 2010). "Team-building all about blind faith". The Sunday Star-Times. Retrieved 12 November 2011.


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