Ashlee Rowe

Ashlee Rowe
Personal information
Born (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 (age 31)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sarasota Eight

Ashlee Rowe (born 3 December 1992) is a New Zealand rower.

Rowe is originally from Perth in Western Australia, where she was a member of the Swan River Rowing Club.[1] She used to train on the Canning River, a tributary to the Swan River. She took up rowing in 2008 aged 15 and was a member of the Western Australian U21 rowing team.[2][3] Rowe competed at the New Zealand national championships in 2008 and rowed with the women's novice eight; they took out the championship that year.[4]

Rowe relocated to New Zealand for better elite rowing opportunities. Based in Auckland, she is a member of the North Shore Rowing Club, and she trains at the Auckland Rowing Performance Centre (ARPC).[5] At the 2012 New Zealand national championships, she won bronze with the women's senior coxless quad sculls, and bronze with the women's senior eight.[6] At the 2014 nationals, she won silver with the women's U22 eight, and bronze with both the women's U22 coxless pair oars and the women's premier eight.[7]

Rowe was accepted into New Zealand's U23 squad in 2014.[5] At the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, Rowe was part of the U23 women's quadruple sculls team that won bronze.[8] At the 2015 national championships, she won gold with the women's premier coxless four in a team with Kelsey Bevan, Christie Davis, and Kayla Pratt.[9] During the 2015 season, she was a reserve for the national U23 quad and rowed at the two World Rowing Cups that were contested by New Zealand that year.[10][3] In 2016, she was a reserve at the final Olympic Games Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[3] At the 2016 nationals, she won a bronze with both the women's premier coxless four and the women's premier eight.[11]

At the 2017 nationals, she won silver in the women's premier coxless four, and bronze in the women's premier eight.[12] Rowe made the crew for New Zealand's women's eight in 2017.[5] The team made history with their gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II, as it was the first time in elite rowing following a recent rule change that a male coxswain—Sam Bosworth—won with a female team.[13][14][15] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, she won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight.[10]

  1. ^ "Elite Achievement". Swan River Rowing Club. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  2. ^ "Ashlee Rowe". Body Genius. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Ashlee Rowe". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Results: nzcc2008". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  5. ^ a b c "2017 New Zealand rowing crews revealed". The New Zealand Herald. 2 March 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  6. ^ "Results: nzcc2012". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ^ "Results: nzcc2014". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ^ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Results: nzcc2015". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  10. ^ a b "Ashlee Rowe". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  11. ^ "Results: nzcc2016". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  12. ^ "Results: nzcc2017". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  13. ^ "(W8+) Women's Eight - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  14. ^ Caldwell, Olivia (20 July 2017). "History-maker: Sam's the man for Kiwi women's rowing crew". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  15. ^ Leggat, David (2 September 2017). "Sam Bosworth dipping into fresh rowing territory". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 8 October 2017.