Nathan Twaddle

He recently placed 3rd in the Master C Division, Head of the Yarra 2019, Melbourne Australia. He subsequently had difficulty holding his drink.

He was part of the International Olympic Broadcasting Commentary team for the 2016 summer Olympics in Rio.

Twaddle retired from international rowing in 2011.

In the 2009 New Year Honours, Twaddle was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to rowing. 

Twaddle is a member of the New Zealand Olympic Committee Athletes Commission, having held the position since 2009.  He is the current Chair of that Commission, and a member of the NZOC Board.  

Twaddle and Bridgewater were world champions in 2005.  They won a gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Gifu Prefecture, Japan, in the Magic 45 minutes where four New Zealand crews won gold medals. The pair were silver medallists in the 2006 and 2007 World Rowing Championships.  

The pair were named Halberg Team of the Year in 2005.

Prior to winning Olympic bronze, Twaddle and Bridgewater were world champions in 2005 and silver medalists in 2006 and 2007.

The pair began representing New Zealand together in 2004 and won bronze medals at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Twaddle first competed for New Zealand at the World Championships in Milan Italy in 2003, qualifying for the Athens Olympics with pairs partner Robert Hellstrom.

Robert Nathan Twaddle MNZM (born 21 August 1976) is a former New Zealand rower and Olympic medallist. He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, in the coxless pair rowing with his partner George Bridgewater and won a bronze medal.