David Fagan

For the footballer, see David Fagan (footballer).

Fagan (right) in 2016, at his investiture as a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, by the governor-general, Sir Jerry Mateparae

Sir David Alexander Fagan KNZM (born 1961) is a New Zealand sheep shearer, who has won the New Zealand Golden Shears contest a record 16 times.^[1]

From Te Kūiti, Fagan has set 10 world records, and won five world, six world team, and 16 national titles, making him New Zealand's most successful competition sheep shearer.^[2][3]

Honours

In 1990, Fagan was awarded the New Zealand 1990 Commemoration Medal.^[4] In the 1999 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to shearing.^[5] He was promoted to Officer of the same order in the 2007 Queen’s Birthday Honours,^[6] and further promoted to Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit, also for services to shearing, in the 2016 New Year Honours.^[7]

References

1. Harper, Rebecca (9 March 2009). "Fagan cuts way to record 16th shearing title". Waikato Times. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
2. Rattue, Chris (9 June 2007). "Star Profile: David Fagan". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 27 September 2011.
3. "NZ shearers bounce back in UK". nzherald.co.nz. 10 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2011.
4. Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 137. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
5. "Queen's Birthday honours list 1999 (including Niue)". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 7 June 1999. Retrieved 16 January 2018.
6. "Queen's Birthday honours list 2007". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 4 June 2007. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
7. "New Year honours list 2016". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. 31 December 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2018.