Richard Beaumont

Richard first represented New Zealand at the 2008 World Championships at Linz, Austria, rowing in the lightweight coxless pair and finished in fourth position in the B final. The following year he was selected in the lightweight coxless four which contested World Cup 2 in Munich, Germany, finishing third in the B final. At World Cup 3 in Lucerne, Switzerland, the crew finished sixth in the B final and at the 2009 World Championships in Poznan, Poland, the crew finished fourth in the C final.