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Wynyard in 2017
At the Lumberjack World Championship in 2011

Jason Wynyard MNZM is a champion woodchopper from New Zealand who has won over a hundred world titles in the sport. He is the father of former Kentucky University men's basketball player Tai Wynyard.

Wynyard formerly held the world record time for the standing block chop. He recorded a time of 12.11 seconds in the 2003 Stihl Timbersports.

Along with this Jason Wynyard has earned a legendary status within the competitive woodchopping community by winning the Stihl Timbersports Series 14 times. The years in which he has won the title are: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017.

In the 2017 New Year Honours, Wynyard was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the sport of wood chopping.[1]

References

  1. ^ "New Year honours list 2017". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 6 July 2019.


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