Hamish Bond
- January 5, 2024
- Rower
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Hamish Bond |
| Occupation | Rower |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 13, 1986(1986-02-13) |
| Age | 38 |
| Birthplace | Dunedin |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Birth City | Otago |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Hamish Bond Biography
| Name | Hamish Bond |
| Birthday | Feb 13 |
| Birth Year | 1986 |
| Place Of Birth | Dunedin |
| Home Town | Otago |
| Birth Country | New Zealand |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
| Parents | Shirley Bond, Graeme Bond |
Hamish Bond is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on February 13, 1986 in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Hamish Byron Bond MNZM, born 13 February 1986, is a New Zealander rower. He was a double Olympic gold medallist at both the 2012 London Olympic Games as well as the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games 2016. He has won seven consecutive World Rowing Championships gold medals as a coxless pair, and has also set two world records in the coxless and the coxed pairs. After the 2016 Summer Olympics, he made the transition to road cycling.
He and Eric Murray won the coxless pair title at the 2009 World Rowing Championships, Poznan the following year. Bond and Murray were awarded the team of excellence award at the 2009 New Zealand Halberg Sports Awards.
Bond was born in Dunedin. He boarded at Otago Boys’ High School, having joined the year after former All Blacks captain Richie McCaw left. He graduated in 2010 from Massey University with a Bachelor of Business Studies (major in finance) and a Graduate Diploma in Personal Financial Planning. Bond married his wife in April 2015 and they are expecting their first child in 2018.
At the 2012 London Olympic Games Bond and Murray took six seconds off the world record of 6:08.5 in their heat for the men’s coxless pair. In the Olympic final they surged into the lead after the 500 meter mark to win the gold medal in 6:16.65 by open water. France edged Great Britain for the silver in 6:21.11 v. Great Britain’s time of 6:21.77. The victory capped an undefeated streak that began when Murray and Bond began racing the pair internationally in 2009.
Murray and Bond also won the Silver Goblets & Nickalls Challenge Cup for Men’s Senior Pairs at Henley Royal Regatta in 2009, 2010 and again in 2013. Bond was made a Member of New Zealand Order of Merit in the 2013 New Year Honours for his services to rowing. He set the World Indoor Rowing Record in 2014 for the 60-minute category and completed 18,443m.
Hamish Bond Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
Hamish Bond is one of the richest Rower from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Hamish Bond 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Bond was part of the New Zealand gold medal winning coxless four at 2007 World Rowing Championships. At the 2007 Halberg Sports Awards, the coxless four was named team of the Year. He was part of the men’s four-man coxless team that won the B final at 2008 Summer Olympics.
Bond is a keen cyclist, and has been since childhood. Bond raced in New Zealand at an elite level with fellow Olympian Sam Bewley in 2009’s six-day Tour of Southland, where he competed alongside the Zookeepers Cycle Surgery team. Heath Blackgrove, a member of the team, won the 2009 event.
Bond and Murray continued to row together in the coxless pairs and competed at and won the World Cup Series and at the 2010 World Rowing Championships on Lake Karapiro, New Zealand 2010. They won their 2nd world title together in front of a passionate home crowd. Bond describes racing in front of a home crowd as a “once in a lifetime experience”. Bond and Murray continued their undefeated streak, winning gold at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Slovenia. Bond and Murray had a long-running rivalry from 2009 to 2011 with the British pair of Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge. The British pair won silver in 2009, 2010 and 2011.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 6 ft 2 in |
| Weight | 91 kg |
Hamish Bond height 6 ft 2 in Hamish weight 91 kg & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Hamish Bond Dating?
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In November 2016, Bond announced that he would take a break from rowing in 2017, and concentrate on cycling instead. In his first attempt at the national time trials in January 2017 he finished in third place, he then went to win a bronze medal in the Oceania Championships. Bond competed in the 2016 Tour of Southland with the Vantage Windows and Doors Team. His teammate Michael Torckler briefly lead the tour after an impressive performance from Bond and Torckler on the Coronet Peak climb. Bond was selected to represent New Zealand for the 2017 World Championships, held in Norway in September 2017, where he finished in 39th in the men’s time trial after suffering a puncture. On 5 January 2018 he won the elite men’s time trial at the national road cycling championships in Napier, NZ in a new course record. Off the back of this performance he was selected to represent New Zealand in road cycling at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast. In March 2018, Bond won the gold medal in the elite men’s time trial at the Oceania Championships.
Facts & Trivia
Hamish Ranked on the list of most popular Rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Hamish Bond celebrates birthday on February 13 of every year.
Top Facts about Hamish Bond
- Hamish Bond is a New Zealand rower born on 13th February 1986.
- He has won two Olympic gold medals in men’s coxless pair.
- Bond also holds world records in the men’s coxless pair and eight events.
- He switched to cycling and won a national time trial championship in 2018.
- In 2020, he returned to rowing with an eye on the Tokyo Olympics.
What is Hamish Bond doing now?
In 2019, Bond decided to rejoin the New Zealand rowing team , this time in the men’s eight, alongside fellow double Olympic gold medallist Mahe Drysdale, aiming to compete at the Tokyo 2020 games. The eight did not initially qualify for the games, and qualified in May 2021 at the Last Chance Regatta.
How tall is Eric Murray?
6′ 5″
How many kids does Hamish Bond have?
Hamish has graduated from Massey with a Bachelor of Business Studies and a Graduate Diploma in Personal Financial Planning. He married his wife Lizzie in 2015 and now has three children.
Where was Hamish Bond born?
Dunedin, New Zealand
What does Eric Murray do now?
Murray retired in 2017 and lives in Cambridge with his wife Jackie and son Zac. Eric Murray is a two-time Olympic Champion having won gold in the coxless pair with crewmate Hamish Bond at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.