Hamish Bond

Hamish Bond
Bond in 2013
Personal information
Full nameHamish Bryon Bond
Born (1986-02-13) 13 February 1986 (age 38)
Dunedin, New Zealand
Height189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight91 kg (201 lb)
Spouse
Lizzie Travis
(m. 2015)
Sport
SportMen's rowing / road cycling
ClubNorth End Rowing Club[1]
Medal record
Representing  New Zealand
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2007 Munich Coxless four
Gold medal – first place 2009 Poznan Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2010 Karapiro Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bled Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chungjiu Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Coxed pair
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless pair
Men's road cycling
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Gold Coast Time trial
Oceania Championships
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tasmania Time trial
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Canberra Time trial

Hamish Bryon Bond CNZM (born 13 February 1986) is a retired New Zealand rower and former road cyclist. He is a three-time Olympic gold medallist at the 2012 London Olympic Games, the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games, and at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.[2] He won six consecutive World Rowing Championships gold medals in the coxless pair and set the current world best times in both the coxless and coxed pair. He made a successful transition from rowing to road cycling after the 2016 Summer Olympics, focussing on the road time trial and winning a medal at the Commonwealth Games. He returned to rowing for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, winning a gold medal in the men's eight. In 2024 he was a cyclor in the Team New Zealand team which successfully defended the America's cup.

  1. ^ "Bond, Strachan for club's 125th". Otago Daily Times. 25 August 2016.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Hamish Bond". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 2 March 2016.