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| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 7 October 1999 |
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| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
Talia Barnet-Hepples is an Australian representative rowing coxswain. She is an Australian national champion, has represented at senior World Championships and won a gold medal at the 2022 World Rowing Cup.
Barnet-Hepples was raised in Sydney and attended Queenwood School for Girls where she took up rowing. Her senior club rowing has been from the Sydney University Boat Club. [1]
She first made state selection for New South Wales in the 2017 women's youth eight which contested the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. [2] She made a second New South Wales youth eight appearance in 2018. [3]
Barnet-Hepples steered the New South Wales women's eight to a Queen's Cup victory at the 2019 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. [1] In Sydney University colours she won gold in the open women's eight title at the 2019 Australian Championships and steered a composite crew to silver in the same event in 2022. [1] She again coxed the New South Wales women's eight in the Queen's Cup at the 2022 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. [1]
In March 2022, Barnet-Hepples was selected in the Australian training squad to prepare for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships. [4] She steered the Australian women's eight at World Rowing Cups II and III to a bronze in Poznan and taking gold in Lucerne. [5] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, she was again in the stern of the Australian women's senior eight. They made the A final and finished in fifth place. [5]
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