Matthew Dunham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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New Zealand rower
Date of Birth: 15-Aug-1994
Place of Birth: Takapuna, Auckland, New Zealand
Profession: rower
Nationality: New Zealand
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Matthew Dunham
- Matthew Dunham (born 15 August 1994) is a New Zealand rower. Dunham was born in 1994 in Takapuna, New Zealand.
- He received his secondary education at St Peter's School in Cambridge, New Zealand, and is a member of the Cambridge Rowing Club.
- He completed a Bachelor of Management Studies at the University of Waikato.Dunham represented New Zealand at the January 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival in Sydney, Australia.
- In the single sculls, he came 15th out of 18 competitors.
- In the quadruple sculls, he won a bronze medal with his team.
- In the eight, he won a silver medal.
- He also competed at the July 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan, Russia.
- His first international appearance at a FISA regatta was at the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, where he came ninth in the U23 lightweight double sculls partnered with Toby Cunliffe-Steel.
- At the 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he came fourth in the U23 lightweight double sculls partnered with Bryce Abernethy.
- Dunham went to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as a reserve for the lightweight men's four but did not compete.At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, the first year he competed at elite level, he won a silver medal in the lightweight single sculls; he stated afterwards that he was happy to have even made it into the A-final.
- Dunham would prefer to row in the lightweight double sculls instead of the single, as the double is an Olympic event; his aim is to make it to the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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