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Robert James "Bob" Nudd (born 1944, in
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
, who ruled that a campaign to vote for him in the weekly fishing newspaper '' Angling Times'' was against competition rules. He was appointed a 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
* '' Angler: The Cheney Vice Pres ...
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
Holme Pierrepont is a hamlet and civil parish located south-east of the city of Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is in the Gamston ward of the Rushcliffe local authority in the East Midlands region. The population of the civil parish ...
, 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 BBC #REDIRECT BBC #REDIRECT BBC
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...Member of the Order of the British Empire
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and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...
(MBE) for services to coarse fishing in the 1995 Birthday Honours.The United Kingdom:
Nudd lives in Cambridgeshire
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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 John Wilson, Dave Harrel and Richard Walker Richard Walker, Rick, Ricky, or Dick Walker may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* Richard Walker (baritone) (1897–1989), English singer and actor
Law and politics
* Richard Walker (MP) (1784–1855), British Member of Parliament for Bury, 1832 ...
. Nudd presented a new TV series for Discovery Shed
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The channel featured programming covering fishing, DIY, c ...
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.
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1944 births Living people Angling writers British fishers People from Chelmsford People from Cambridgeshire Members of the Order of the British Empire {{UK-sport-bio-stub