Personal information | |
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Born | East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia | 17 December 1999
Home town | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) |
Sport | |
Country | Australia |
Sport | Rowing |
Club | Melbourne University Boat Club |
Coached by | Tom Westgarth |
Jean Mitchell (born 17 December 1999) is an Australian representative sweep-oar rower. She is an Australian national champion, has represented at senior World Championships and won a gold medal at the 2022 World Rowing Cup.
Mitchell was raised in Melbourne and attended Ruyton Girls' School where she took up rowing. She is a brain cancer survivor. Her senior club rowing has been from the Melbourne University Boat Club [1]
At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships she won the open coxless four national title in an all MUBC crew. [2]
She rowed in the Victorian women's eight to a Queen's Cup victory at the 2022 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. [1]
In March 2022, Mitchell was selected in the Australian training squad to prepare for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships. [3] She rowed in the Australian women's eight at the World Rowing Cups II in Poznann to a bronze medal. [4] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, she was again in the Australian women's senior eight. They made the A final and finished in fifth place. [4]
Mitchell currently studies a Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) at Deakin University. [5]