Ashlee Rowe

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Ashlee Rowe
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Born (1992-12-03) 3 December 1992 (age 30)
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Women's rowing
Representing Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
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Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2017 Sarasota Eight

Ashlee Rowe (born 3 December 1992) is a New Zealand rower.

Rowe is originally from Perth in Western Australia, where she was a member of the Swan River Rowing Club. [1] She used to train on the Canning River, a tributary to the Swan River. She took up rowing in 2008 aged 15 and was a member of the Western Australian U21 rowing team. [2] [3] Rowe competed at the New Zealand national championships in 2008 and rowed with the women's novice eight; they took out the championship that year. [4]

Rowe relocated to New Zealand for better elite rowing opportunities. Based in Auckland, she is a member of the North Shore Rowing Club, and she trains at the Auckland Rowing Performance Centre (ARPC). [5] At the 2012 New Zealand national championships, she won bronze with the women's senior coxless quad sculls, and bronze with the women's senior eight. [6] At the 2014 nationals, she won silver with the women's U22 eight, and bronze with both the women's U22 coxless pair oars and the women's premier eight. [7]

Rowe was accepted into New Zealand's U23 squad in 2014. [5] At the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, Rowe was part of the U23 women's quadruple sculls team that won bronze. [8] At the 2015 national championships, she won gold with the women's premier coxless four in a team with Kelsey Bevan, Christie Davis, and Kayla Pratt. [9] During the 2015 season, she was a reserve for the national U23 quad and rowed at the two World Rowing Cups that were contested by New Zealand that year. [10] [3] In 2016, she was a reserve at the final Olympic Games Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. [3] At the 2016 nationals, she won a bronze with both the women's premier coxless four and the women's premier eight. [11]

At the 2017 nationals, she won silver in the women's premier coxless four, and bronze in the women's premier eight. [12] Rowe made the crew for New Zealand's women's eight in 2017. [5] The team made history with their gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II, as it was the first time in elite rowing following a recent rule change that a male coxswain—Sam Bosworth—won with a female team. [13] [14] [15] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, she won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight. [10]

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  6. ↑ "Results: nzcc2012". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Results: nzcc2014". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation . Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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  11. ↑ "Results: nzcc2016". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
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