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Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||
Born | 1 December 1889 Tasman Bay, New Zealand | |||||||||||
Died | 15 September 1964 (aged 74) | |||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||
Club | New Zealand Expeditionary Force Rowing Club | |||||||||||
Medal record
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Darcy Clarence Hadfield (1 December 1889 – 15 September 1964) was a New Zealand rower who won a bronze medal at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp.[1] In doing so, he became the first Olympic medallist who represented New Zealand; previous New Zealand medallists had represented Australasia. Subsequently he became the third New Zealander to hold the professional World Sculling Championship.