Robert James "Bob" Nudd (born 1944, in
Chelmsford
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,
Essex
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was the first
angler
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* A fisherman who uses the fishing technique of angling
* ''Angler'' (video game)
* The angler, ''Lophius piscatorius'', a monkfish
* More generally, any anglerfish in the order Lophiiformes
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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
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,
Nottingham
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, 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
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*1991
Szeged
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Hungary
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*1994
Holme Pierrepont
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,
Nottingham
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, England
*1999
Toledo, Spain
In 1991, he received the most votes ever in the
BBC Sports Personality of the Year
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Award but was denied victory by the
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, England, and writes monthly for ''Coarse Fishing Answers'' and ''Improve Your Coarse Fishing'' magazine. He is still known as one of Britain's greatest anglers along with
. Nudd presented a new TV series for
in March 2009.
He features in a ''Masters of Angling'' DVD, offering professional techniques in angling. His DVDs include ''Commercial carp tactics'', ''Paste on the pole'', ''Surface fishing with controller floats'', ''Pole secrets'' and ''Expert fishing on the Pole''.
Nudd is still a keen match fisherman at local level (2021), winning the Diss and District Angling Club Mere Masters semi-final at the age of 76.