Brook Robertson
{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Brook Robertson
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1994|2|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = Nelson, New Zealand
| country = {{NZL}}
| sport = Rowing
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Brook Robertson (born 19 February 1994) is a New Zealand rower.
Born in Nelson, Robertson was educated at Nelson College from 2005 to 2011.{{cite web |title=Brook Robertson |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/43785/robertson-brook |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=4 July 2016 |archive-date=29 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629053530/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/43785/robertson-brook |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/brook-robertson |title=Brook Robertson |year=2016 |publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee |access-date=17 December 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Wayne |title=Rio stirs memories in Nelson Olympic rowing bronze medallist Lynley Hannen |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/nz-olympic-team/82557448/rio-stirs-memories-in-nelson-olympic-rowing-bronze-medallist-lynley-hannen |access-date=26 November 2016 |work=Stuff |date=5 August 2016}}{{cite journal |editor-last=Fletcher |editor-first=Gina |date=December 2016 |title=Good sports |url=http://www.nelsoncollege.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Nelson-College-Bulletin-2016-WEB.pdf |journal=The Bulletin |publisher=Nelson College |page=10 |access-date=17 December 2016 |archive-date=21 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221015531/http://www.nelsoncollege.school.nz/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Nelson-College-Bulletin-2016-WEB.pdf |url-status=dead }} He came fourth at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the men's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/71804995/new-zealand-eights-surge-into-olympic-medal-contention-at-world-champs |access-date=4 July 2016 |work=Stuff |date=7 September 2015}} He came sixth with his team at the eights competition in Rio de Janeiro.{{cite news |last1=Alderson |first1=Andrew |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11693366 |access-date=23 October 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=14 August 2016}}
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing}}
- {{NZOC profile}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{2016 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2020 New Zealand Olympic team}}
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Category:New Zealand male rowers
Category:Olympic rowers for New Zealand
Category:Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Sportspeople from Nelson, New Zealand
Category:People educated at Nelson College
Category:Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportsmen
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