Susannah Lutze

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Susannah Lutze
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NationalityAustralian
Born (2004-05-19) 19 May 2004 (age 20)
Irvine, Scotland
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CountryAustralia
SportRowing
ClubBanks Rowing Club

Susannah Lutze (born 19 May 2004) is an Australian Paralympic rower. She competed at the 2024 Paris Paralympics. [1]

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Personal

Lutze was born in 19 May 2004 at Irvine, Scotland. [2] [3] She was born with clubfoot. Four years of treatment improved the condition but she still has limited ankle mobility and muscle atrophy in her left leg. [1] Her family moved from Scotland to Melbourne in 2008. [3] She attended Camberwell Girls Grammar School and Carey Baptist Grammar School in Melbourne. [4]

Rowing

At high school, Lutze played many sports including tennis, hockey, dance, swimming and netball. [3] She took up rowing in 2020 due to knee and ankle injuries from field sports. [1] In 2023, she was selected for her first Australian Para Rowing Team and it won the PR3 Mix 4+ at Gavirate International Para Rowing Regatta. She is a member of the Banks Rowing Club. [5]

At the 2024 Paris Paralympics, she was a member of the PR3 mixed coxed four that included Alexandra Viney, Tom Birtwhistle, Tobiah Goffsassen and Hannah Cowap (cox). The finished fifth. [6]

In 2023, she was awarded a Tier 2 Scholarship within the 2024 Sport Australia Hall of Fame Scholarship and Mentoring Program. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "'Trust In Ourselves': Paralympic Rowers Target Breakthrough Gold | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 1 July 2024. Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. ↑ "World Rowing - Susannah LUTZE". World Rowing. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
  3. 1 2 3 "Susannah Lutze | Sport Australia Hall of Fame" . Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "Schoolgirls invent game-changing tennis scoring device". www.9news.com.au. 23 December 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "Senior Team". rowingaustralia.com.au. Retrieved 4 July 2024.
  6. ↑ "Undeniable And Unbeatable! Australians Create Rowing History | Paralympics Australia". www.paralympic.org.au. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 3 September 2024.
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