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| Birth name | Robert Manson | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 October 1989 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 87 kg (192 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Robert Manson (born 11 October 1989) is a New Zealand rower.
Manson was born in 1989.[1] He is from a family of rowers, with his father Greg the singles lightweight national champion in 1985, and his brother Karl also competing internationally.[2]
He won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.[3] At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, he partnered with Chris Harris in the men's double sculls and they became national champions.[4] Manson also became single sculls national champion, aided by the absence of both Mahé Drysdale and Hamish Bond.[2]
In 2014, Manson came out as gay being one of the first out LGBT persons in rowing from New Zealand.[5]
In 2017, Manson won the men's single sculls at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznań, Poland, setting a new world best time of 6:30.74,[6] beating Mahé Drysdale's record by 3 seconds.[7] As of August 2022 that time still stood as the world's best.
On 20 October 2020, Manson announced his retirement from rowing.[8][9]
References
- 1 2 3 "Robert Manson". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- 1 2 Piddington, Stu (18 February 2017). "McBride joins special club at rowing nationals". The Press. p. B7. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Jones, Peter (7 September 2015). "Manson, Harris claim bronze medal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ↑ "Dunham stakes claim at nationals". The Press. 18 February 2017. p. D4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- ↑ Hinton, Marc (24 April 2017). "Olympic rower Robbie Manson: It's all right to be gay". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
- ↑ "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
- ↑ "Another new World Best Time! Men's Single: 6.30.74 – three seconds off Mahe's time. Wow. #WRCPoznan". Twitter. International Rowing Federation. 18 June 2017.
- ↑ Anderson, Ian (21 October 2020). "New Zealand sculler Robbie Manson quits rowing ahead of Tokyo Olympics". Stuff.
- ↑ "Robbie Manson announces indefinite break from rowing" (Press release). Cambridge, New Zealand: Rowing New Zealand. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.