Robbie Manson information

Robbie Manson
Personal information
Birth name	Robert Manson
Born	11 October 1989 (age 34)
Height	189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	87 kg (192 lb)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing New Zealand
World Championships
World U23 Championships

Robert Manson (born 11 October 1989) is a New Zealand rower.

Manson was born in 1989.^[1] He is from a family of rowers, with his father Greg the singles lightweight national champion in 1985, and his brother Karl also competing internationally.^[2]

He won a bronze medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.^[3] At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, he partnered with Chris Harris in the men's double sculls and they became national champions.^[4] Manson also became single sculls national champion, aided by the absence of both Mahé Drysdale and Hamish Bond.^[2]

In 2014, Manson came out as gay being one of the first out LGBT persons in rowing from New Zealand.^[5]

In 2017, Manson won the men's single sculls at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznań, Poland, setting a new world best time of 6:30.74,^[6] beating Mahé Drysdale's record by 3 seconds.^[7] As of August 2022 that time still stood as the world's best.

On 20 October 2020, Manson announced his retirement from rowing.^[8]^[9]

^ ^a ^b ^c "Robert Manson". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ ^a ^b Piddington, Stu (18 February 2017). "McBride joins special club at rowing nationals". The Press. p. B7. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ Jones, Peter (7 September 2015). "Manson, Harris claim bronze medal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
^ "Dunham stakes claim at nationals". The Press. 18 February 2017. p. D4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
^ Hinton, Marc (24 April 2017). "Olympic rower Robbie Manson: It's all right to be gay". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
^ "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.
^ "Another new World Best Time! Men's Single: 6.30.74 – three seconds off Mahe's time. Wow. #WRCPoznan". Twitter. International Rowing Federation. 18 June 2017.
^ Anderson, Ian (21 October 2020). "New Zealand sculler Robbie Manson quits rowing ahead of Tokyo Olympics". Stuff.
^ "Robbie Manson announces indefinite break from rowing" (Press release). Cambridge, New Zealand: Rowing New Zealand. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[FISA_bio-1] "Robert Manson". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[2017_nationals-2] Piddington, Stu (18 February 2017). "McBride joins special club at rowing nationals". The Press. p. B7. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[3] Jones, Peter (7 September 2015). "Manson, Harris claim bronze medal". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2015.

[4] "Dunham stakes claim at nationals". The Press. 18 February 2017. p. D4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.

[5] Hinton, Marc (24 April 2017). "Olympic rower Robbie Manson: It's all right to be gay". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 28 December 2014.

[6] "(M1x) Men's Single Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 June 2017.

[7] "Another new World Best Time! Men's Single: 6.30.74 – three seconds off Mahe's time. Wow. #WRCPoznan". Twitter. International Rowing Federation. 18 June 2017.

[8] Anderson, Ian (21 October 2020). "New Zealand sculler Robbie Manson quits rowing ahead of Tokyo Olympics". Stuff.

[9] "Robbie Manson announces indefinite break from rowing" (Press release). Cambridge, New Zealand: Rowing New Zealand. 21 October 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

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