Barbara Kendall

Kendall was born in Papakura on 30 August 1967, the daughter of Tony and Peggy Kendall.[1] She was raised in the Auckland suburb of Bucklands Beach and attended Macleans College. She won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, a silver medal in 1996 (in Atlanta, Georgia), and a bronze medal in 2000 (in Sydney). Kendall finished 5th at the 2004 Games in Athens and sixth at the 2008 Games in Beijing. She was the first, and as of 2008, the only woman from New Zealand to compete at five Olympic Games.…