George Bridgewater

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George Bridgewater (born January 18, 1983 in Wellington) is a New Zealand rower who currently competes in the pair at international level with Nathan Twaddle. The pair have been together representing New Zealand since 2004, and that year they finished fourth in the final at the Athens Olympics.

The following year, the pair won a gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan, in what was part of the Magic 45 minutes where four New Zealand crews won gold medals in that time. In the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, England, the pair finished second.

Bridgewater rows for the Canaviron club based in Cambridge, and has won several titles at New Zealand Rowing Championships since 2002. Bridgewater has just won silver at the world cup followed by Australia. George has Qualified to go to the 2008 olympics, Beijing.