Andrew David Bird (born 17 March 1967) is a former New Zealand

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who won an Olympic bronze medal at the

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. Bird was born in

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, New Zealand, in 1967. He won bronze in the coxed four along with George Keys, Greg Johnston,

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and Chris White. In 1986 Bird won silver medals in the coxed four at both the

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and the

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. In 1987 he coxed the men's eight at the World Championships in Denmark. He lives in

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where he is the principal of Kelburn Normal primary school. His daughter, Lucy Bird, won gold as a coxswain for the women's premier eight at the 2016 New Zealand rowing nationals.

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* * * * 1967 births Living people New Zealand male rowers Coxswains (rowing) Olympic rowers for New Zealand Olympic bronze medalists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for New Zealand Rowers at the 1986 Commonwealth Games Olympic medalists in rowing Sportspeople from Greymouth People educated at St Andrew's College, Christchurch World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Medalists at the 1988 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games silver medallists in rowing Medallists at the 1986 Commonwealth Games 20th-century New Zealand sportsmen {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub