Tyson Williams (born 1 April 1989) is a New Zealand

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. Williams was born in 1989 in

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, New Zealand. In 2007, he was part of the New Zealand men's eight that won silver at the Junior World Championship. In 2009, he was part of the New Zealand men's four that won the World Under 23 Championship, along with Jade Uru, Simon Watson and Hamish Burson. He represented New Zealand at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the men's four with Uru, Sean O'Neill and Chris Harris. He is listed as New Zealand Olympian athlete number 1230 by the

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1989 births Living people New Zealand male rowers Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand Sportspeople from Hamilton, New Zealand {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub