David Fagan
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Sir David Alexander Fagan {{post-nominals|country=NZL|KNZM}} (born 1961) is a New Zealand sheep shearer, who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times.{{cite web |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/2172440/Fagan-cuts-way-to-record-16th-shearing-title |title=Fagan cuts way to record 16th shearing title |author=Harper, Rebecca |date=9 March 2009 |work=Waikato Times |accessdate=27 September 2011}}
From Te Kūiti, Fagan has set 10 world records, and won five world, six world team, and 16 national titles, making him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer.{{cite news |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/shearing/news/article.cfm?c_id=1500910&objectid=10444471&pnum=0 |title=Star Profile: David Fagan |author=Rattue, Chris |date=9 June 2007 |work=The New Zealand Herald |accessdate=27 September 2011}}{{cite news |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10737602 |title=NZ shearers bounce back in UK |work=nzherald.co.nz |accessdate=10 July 2011 |date=10 July 2011}}
Honours
In 1990, Fagan was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.{{cite book |last1=Taylor |first1=Alister |last2=Coddington |first2=Deborah |authorlink1=Alister Taylor |authorlink2=Deborah Coddington |title=Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand |year=1994 |publisher=New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa |location=Auckland |isbn=0-908578-34-2 |page=137}} In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to shearing.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-1999-including-niue | title=Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue) |date=7 June 1999 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=16 January 2018}} He was promoted to Officer of the same order in the 2007 Queen’s Birthday Honours,{{cite web |url=https://dpmc.govt.nz/publications/queens-birthday-honours-list-2007 |title=Queen's Birthday honours list 2007 |date=4 June 2007 |publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet |accessdate=28 February 2020}} and further promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to shearing, in the 2016 New Year Honours.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2016 | title=New Year honours list 2016 |date=31 December 2015 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=16 January 2018}}
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Category:New Zealand sheep shearers
Category:Knights Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit