Jason Wynyard

{{Short description|New Zealand woodchopper (1973–2023)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2019}}

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| name = Jason Wynyard

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| image = Jason Wynyard (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Wynyard in 2017

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1973|11|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Te Awamutu, New Zealand

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|10|04|1973|11|14|df=y}}

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| hometown = Kawakawa, New Zealand

| education = Waitākere College

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| height = 1.95 m

| weight = 134 kg

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| relatives = Tai Wynyard (son)

| country = New Zealand

| sport = Woodchopping

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File:Lumberjack World Championships 2011 (28067252204).jpg in 2011]]

Jason Wynyard {{Post-nominals|country=NZL|MNZM}} (14 November 1973 – 4 October 2023) was a New Zealand champion woodchopper from Kawakawa. He won over a hundred world titles in the sport,{{cite news |last= Smith|first= Tony |date= 12 February 2021|title=Māori Sports Awards: Lisa Carrington judged most influential Māori sports star since 1991|url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/124220066/mori-sports-awards-lisa-carrington-judged-most-influential-mori-sports-star-since-1991|website=stuff.co.nz|work= |location=|access-date=12 February 2021}} including the individual world championship nine times.{{cite news |last1=Hutching |first1=Gerard |title=Kiwi Jason Wynyard best in world at chopping, sawing timber |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/98628880/kiwi-jason-wynyard-stihl-world-timbersports-champion |access-date=31 December 2020 |work=Stuff |date=7 November 2017 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Jason WYNYARD – STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Database |url=https://data.stihl-timbersports.com/Athlete/1058 |website=data.stihl-timbersports.com |access-date=31 December 2020}} He holds the world record for single buck (with assistant) with a time of 9.39 seconds in 2007.{{cite web |title=Records – STIHL TIMBERSPORTS® Database |url=https://data.stihl-timbersports.com/Disciplines |website=data.stihl-timbersports.com |access-date=31 December 2020}}

Wynyard won the Stihl Timbersports Series 14 times. He won the title in 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017.

In the 2017 New Year Honours, Wynyard was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the sport of woodchopping.{{cite web | url=https://www.dpmc.govt.nz/publications/new-year-honours-list-2017 | title=New Year honours list 2017 |date=31 December 2016 | publisher=Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet | accessdate=6 July 2019}}