Naomi Hoogesteger

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Naomi Hoogesteger
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2005 Kaizu LW4x

Naomi May Jensen Hoogesteger is a former British rower.

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Education

Hoogesteger studied Modern Languages at Durham University and completed an MA by Research in Spanish in 2006. [1] [2] While there she took up rowing at Durham University Boat Club. [3]

Career

In rowing, Hoogesteger was a member of the crew that won the Bronze medal in the Lightweight Women's Four at the 2005 World Rowing Championships. [4]

In 2011 Hoogesteger, alongside David Hosking, formed part of a team that broke the world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean. [5] [6]

References

  1. "Olympic Torchbearers". Durham First (32): 27. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. Hoogesteger, Naomi May Jensen (2006). Anomalous women in fifteenth-century castilian ballads (PDF). Durham: Durham University (Thesis). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Athletes' Profiles". Durham University. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "Naomi HOOGESTEGER - worldrowing.com". World Rowing. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. "Hallin Marine ocean rowing record". Ocean Rowing. Retrieved 4 September 2018.[ permanent dead link ]
  6. "Atlantic rowers reveal 'dangly bits' to combat blisters and set new record". Metro. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2018.