Nathan Cohen (rower)
Cohen in 2012
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| Full name | Nathan Phillip Cohen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ethnicity | Jewish | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2 January 1986 Christchurch, South Island, New Zealand |
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| Years active | 2000–2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 192 lb (87 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | Otago University Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Invercargill Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Calvin Ferguson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest world ranking | World champion | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nathan Phillip Cohen MNZM (born 2 January 1986) is a retired New Zealand rower. He is a two-time world champion, and won a gold medal in the Olympics.
In 2006, rowing a single scull, he won a gold medal at the World University Games. In doing so, he became the first New Zealander to win a gold medal at the World University Games in any sport.
Cohen and his rowing partner, Joseph Sullivan, won back-to-back gold medals in the men's double sculls at both the 2010 and 2011 World Rowing Championships. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he and his partner won the gold medal in the men's double sculls, after breaking the Olympic best time in the heats.
In 2013, Cohen was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for his services to rowing.
Cohen is Jewish, and was born in Christchurch, in the South Island of New Zealand. His father is Phil Cohen. His younger brother Hayden, exactly six years his junior, is also a rower. Hayden was the 2012 U23 World Champion in the double scull, and in 2013 partnered with Nathan in the quad scull, winning a silver medal in the first World Cup regatta held in Sydney.
Cohen grew up in Invercargill in Southland, and started rowing in 2000. He grew up racing on Lake Ruataniwha in Twizel, in the South Island of New Zealand.
Cohen won the boys under-18 single scull event at the New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Championships in 2003, while attending James Hargest High School. He credits that with being his most memorable race, saying: "It showed me that if you wanted something enough and were willing to push yourself beyond all your perceived limits, anything was possible."
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