James Barrie Mabbott (born 19 November 1960) is a former New Zealand

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who won an Olympic bronze medal at the

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Biography

Mabbott was born in 1960 in Carterton. He began rowing at Westlake Boys High School in the

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suburb of Forrest Hill, the same school as fellow Olympic Bronze medallist Eric Verdonk. Mabbott was selected in the coxed four at the

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but did not compete due to the Olympics boycott. At the

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, Germany, he won a gold medal with the New Zealand eight in seat six. At the 1984 Olympics, Mabbott won the bronze medal in the coxed four along with

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, Kevin Lawton,

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and

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(cox). Mabbott competed at the

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winning a silver medal with

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in the coxless pair and a bronze medal in the eights. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 463 by the

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. Mabbott is

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's high performance commissioner. Mabbott is married to Gillian. He used to be a part-owner of a crane and construction hire business.

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* 1960 births Living people Olympic rowers for New Zealand Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games People educated at Westlake Boys High School Olympic medalists in rowing People from Carterton, New Zealand World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics New Zealand male rowers Commonwealth Games medallists in rowing Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub