Georgie Rowe has won a silver medal as part of the Australian Rowing Women’s Eight crew at last weekend’s finals of the 2019 World Rowing Championships, in Linz Ottensheim, Austria and is on her way to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
Australia was pipped for the gold by New Zealand. After a fast start where Australia held a tough field for 1500 metres, before NZ just nudged ahead in the last 500 metres to win. Second place has qualified them for Tokyo.
‘’It has always been a dream of mine to compete at an Olympic Games” said Georgie ‘’when I was younger, I thought it would be for kayaking.’’
‘’Making the final at the World Rowing Championships was tough. We came second in the heat to the USA, which meant we had to come top two in the repercharge to make the final. After coming second to the Canadians, in the repercharge we made the final.”
Women’s Eight: Georgie Rowe and Molly Goodman - Copyright Rowing Australia
In July the Women’s Eight had another Trans-Tasman battle with the New Zealand Eight in their final at World Rowing Cup 3. The Russians were the first to show in the final, but the New Zealand and Australian crews muscled their way through the pack to take first and second place, with the Canadian crew taking third.
Georgina grew up on Sydney's Northern Beaches where she competed in surf boat rowing for her local surf club, Collaroy SLSC.
Her sporting life changed when Mona Vale SLSC boat sweep Ryan Halangahu suggested she should compete in the National Indoor Rowing Championships three years ago.
She transitioned into the world of still water rowing in her early 20’s and after a short amount of time was selected to the Australian Rowing Team.
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