KIRKHAM Shaun

Date of Birth: 24 Jul 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Place of birth: HAMILTON

Birth Country:

New Zealand

Place of residence : CAMBRIDGE

Residence Country:

New Zealand

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Eight NZL New Zealand	1

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Heat 2 #60	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Repechage 1 #104	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Eight Final A #130	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	8+
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	6

World Championships

Year	Location	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	6
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	9
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	6
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	4

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Eight	2017	Poznan, POL	5:23.20
3	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	5:53.18
4	Eight	2019	Poznan, POL	5:49.75
5	Eight	2018	Lucerne, SUI	5:38.17
7	Eight	2018	Linz, AUT	5:36.15
9	Eight	2017	Lucerne, SUI	5:44.02

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Clifford. (kiwi8.co.nz, 03 Aug 2016)

Motorbikes, spending time with his dog. (Instagram profile, 16 May 2021)

Occupation:

Athlete, Marketing

Communications, Management, Marketing - University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZL

Languages spoken:

Waikato Rowing Club [New Zealand]

Tony O'Connor [national], IRL

He began rowing in 2007 at Hamilton Boys' High School in New Zealand. (rowingnz.kiwi, 01 Apr 2015)

After school he began representing New Zealand at junior level in 2009, as well as competing at university. (rowingnz.kiwi, 01 Apr 2015)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (Instagram profile, 16 May 2021)

British rower Steve Redgrave. (University of Waikato Facebook page, 19 Aug 2014)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
Alongside rowing, he works part-time as a digital marketing specialist at a web and graphic design firm in New Zealand. (LinkedIn profile, 26 Oct 2020)

Milestones

In 2019, he was part of the Waiariki Rowing Club crew that was the first from New Zealand to win a men's eight event at the Henley Royal Regatta in England, when they triumphed in the Grand Challenge Cup. (rowingnz.kiwi, 01 Sep 2019; rowingnz.kiwi, 08 Jul 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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