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| Nationality | Irish | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 January 1997 [1] | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Country | Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Double sculls | ||||||||||||||
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Zoe Hyde (born 31 January 1997) is an Irish rower. She was a bronze medalists at the World Rowing Championships in 2022. She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics.
She is from Killorglin in County Kerry and started rowing when she was 13 years-old. [2] Alongside Sanita Puspure, Hyde won bronze at the World Rowing Championships in 2022 in the double sculls. [3]
Alongside Alison Bergin she was a heat winner at the 2023 World Rowing Championships, before placing fourth overall in the double sculls. [4] [5]
She was selected for the 2024 Paris Olympics with Bergin for the double sculls. [6]
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Olympia Aldersey is an Australian rower. She is an Australian national champion, a dual Olympian and was a 2019 World Champion in the coxless four. In 2014 she set a world's fastest ever time (6:37.31) in a women's double scull over 2000m, a record which has stood since. She rowed in the Australian women's eight at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
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