Personal information | |
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Full name | Nia Jannet Jerwood |
Nationality | Australian |
Born | [1] ![]() | 17 January 1998
Sailing career | |
Class(es) | 470, 420, Optimist |
Club | Fremantle Sailing Club |
Nia Jerwood (born 17 January 1998) is an Australian competitive sailor. She competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, in the women's 470 class. [2] [1]
Jerwood and her fellow crew member, Monique de Vries, qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by finishing ninth at the 470 World Championships in 2019. [2] In the same year they were named Female Sailors of the Year at the Australian Yachtsman of the Year awards. [3] Coached by Olympian Belinda Stowell, they were selected to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in April 2021, [4] finishing 16th in the field of 21. [5] Detailed results.
Born in 1998 in Wales, Jerwood moved with her family to Perth three years later. [2]