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    Bruce Kendall
    Bruce Kendall
    New Zealand

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    Name

    Bruce Kendall

    Nation

    New Zealand

    Place of Birth

    Papakura New Zealand

    Class

    Mistral, Lechner, Tornado, Windglider, Etchells, Raceboard

    Q&A

    Classes Sailed

    Windsurfers, Etchell

    Coached Since

    1996

    Racing Age

    12

    Yacht Club Location

    Halfmoon Bay, Auckland, NZ

    Starting Age

    7

    Sporting Relatives

    Barbara Kendall, Tony Kendall

    Most Influential Person

    Parents and Grant Beck

    Awards

    1992 NZ fair play sports person of the year awards, MBE, 1988 NZ Yachtsman of the year, Inducted into NZ Sports Hall of Fame, 1993 Halberg Fair Play award.

    Current Class

    Tornado, Magic 25

    Most Admired Person

    Dahli Lama

    First Event Competed

    Club weekend racing

    Campaign Website

    members.facebook.com/brucekendallnzl/

    Children

    2

    Injuries

    Replaced ear drum, Broken neck, Severed biceps ligament, prolapse disc L4 L5, two broken arms at the same time - not accident prone...

    Best Sporting Achievement

    Olympic Gold 1988

    Boat First Sailed

    Family Tender

    Hometown

    Auckland

    General Interest

    Bee keeping, Mountain biking, Kite Surfing, Surfing, Yacht Cruising.

    Languages Spoken

    English

    First Event Won

    Bucklands Beach Yacht Club Open division 1981

    Yacht Club

    Bucklands Beach Yacht Club

    Why This Sport

    Bought up in it and still like it