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Nudd may refer to: * Bob Nudd (born 1944), British angler * Gwyn ap Nudd, Welsh mythological figure, son of Lludd Llaw Eraint * Lludd Llaw Eraint (Nudd Llaw Ereint), Welsh mythological hero *Bishop Nudd, active in southeast Wales in the late ninth century See also * Nud (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Nudd ...
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Bob Nudd
Robert James "Bob" Nudd (born 1944, in Chelmsford, Essex) was the first angler to win four individual World Freshwater Angling Championships; in 1990, 1991, 1994, and 1999. About Nudd represented the England team at the international level for more than 24 years, during which time he became arguably the best known angler in the world. The highlight of his professional career was a victory in front of a home crowd at Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, in 1994. He has been individual World Champion on a record 4 occasions, making him the most successful international angler ever at the time, later surpassed by England teammate Alan Scotthorne. Nudd's world titles were won at the following tournaments: *1990 Maribor, Yugoslavia *1991 Szeged, Hungary *1994 Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham, England *1999 Toledo, Spain In 1991, he received the most votes ever in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award but was denied victory by the BBC, who ruled that a campaign to vote for him ...
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Lludd Llaw Eraint
Lludd Llaw Ereint, "Lludd of the Silver Hand", son of Beli Mawr, is a legendary hero from Welsh mythology. As Nudd Llaw Ereint (the earlier form of his name, cognate of the Irish mythology, Irish Nuada Airgetlám, derived from the pre-Roman Celtic god Nodens) he is the father of Gwyn ap Nudd. He is probably the source of king Lud son of Heli, Lud from Geoffrey of Monmouth's ''History of the Kings of Britain''. In the ''Mabinogion'' tale of ''Lludd and Llefelys'', which influenced Geoffrey of Monmouth's work, he is the ruler of Prehistoric Britain, Britain while his brother Llefelys ruled Gaul. Lludd calls on Llefelys to rid Britain of three plagues then afflicting the kingdom. Philological connection suggests that there was once a memorial to Lludd at the site of St Paul's Cathedral, London, near Ludgate, which is named after him. The plagues of Lludd’s reign *The first plague was that of the Coranians a race of dwarfs 'from Asia' who may represent the Ancient Rome, Romans *The s ...
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