Sonia Waddell
- January 10, 2024
- New Zealand Rower
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Sonia Waddell |
| Occupation | New Zealand Rower |
| Date Of Birth | Feb 19, 1973(1973-02-19) |
| Age | 51 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Horoscope | Aquarius |
Sonia Waddell Biography
| Name | Sonia Waddell |
| Birthday | Feb 19 |
| Birth Year | 1973 |
| Birth Country | New Zealand |
| Birth Sign | Aquarius |
Sonia Waddell is one of the most popular and richest New Zealand rower who was born on February 19, 1973 in New Zealand. Sonia Waddell (nee Scown, born on 19 Feb 1973) is a New Zealand athlete. She was a representative for the nation at an World Junior Championship in hurdles before becoming a rower in which she twice was an Olympic athlete and was awarded silver medals at the World Rowing Championship. She then took on the sport of cycling and also won medals at a UCI Para-cycling Track World Championship as an sighted guide.
She took home silver at the year 2001 at World Rowing Championships in the quadruple sculls. She was competing alongside Paula Twining and twins Caroline and Georgina Evers-Swindell. In 2003’s World Rowing Championships, she participated in single sculls, and finished seventh.
In 2011, she won the New Zealand Cycling Time Trial Championship.
Waddell is daughter of the former All Black Alistair Scown and sister of the rugby athlete Hayden Scown. She was married in 1998. got married to another rower, Rob Waddell. The rower Rebecca Scown is her cousin.
Sonia Waddell Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | New Zealand rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
Sonia Waddell is one of the richest New Zealand Rower from New Zealand. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Sonia Waddell 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She was a representative of New Zealand in the 400 metres hurdles at 1990 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Plovdiv, Bulgaria.
She was the first national to represent her country in rowing in the 1995 World Rowing Championships in Tampere, Finland, where she was 9th in women’s quadruple-sculls. From 1997, she began competing in the single sculls in addition, at World Rowing Championships in 1997 1998, 1999, and 1997 she finished in the top three spots, which was tenth, tenth, and fifth and fifth, respectively. In both the 2004 and 2000 Summer Olympics she continued to compete in single sculls, finishing sixth and fifthrespectively.
At the 2011 UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships she took one gold and one bronze as a pilot, with teammate Jayne Parsons.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 9 in |
Sonia Waddell height 5 ft 9 in Sonia weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Sonia Waddell Dating?
According to our records, Sonia Waddell is possibily single & has not been previously engaged. As of December 1, 2023, Sonia Waddell’s is not dating anyone.
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Facts & Trivia
Sonia Ranked on the list of most popular New Zealand rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in New Zealand. Sonia Waddell celebrates birthday on February 19 of every year.
Who is Rob Waddell married to?
Waddell in 2020
Personal information
Born| 7 January 1975 Te Kuiti, New Zealand
Spouse(s)| Sonia Waddell ( m. 1998)
Relatives| Alistair Scown (father-in-law)
Who is Rob Wardell married to?
In 1998 Waddell married leading New Zealand women’s single sculler, and three- time Olympian, Sonia Scown , the daughter of former All Black loose forward Alistair Scown. They have three children.
What is Rob Waddell doing now?
His record stood for 19 years. World Rowing: What currently occupies your time? Rob Waddell: I have three young kids and am happily married to Sonia (Olympic rower Sonia Scown). I’m head of the New Zealand Olympic Games team – Chef de Mission.
What is the world record for a 2k erg?
Brooke Mooney Set the 2,000-Meter Rowing Record at 6:21.1.
Who is the fastest rower?
With a time of 6:21.1, Brooke Mooney went faster for 2000 metres on the indoor rowing machine last week than any woman in history.