Ashlee Rowe

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

Ashlee Rowe

Personal information
Born	(1992-12-03) 3 December 1992
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  New Zealand World Championships 2017 Sarasota Eight

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 coxed 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 coxed eight.[6] At the 2014 nationals, she won silver with the women's U22 coxed eight, and bronze with both the women's u22 coxless pair oars and the women's premier coxed 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 coxed eight.[11]

At the 2017 nationals, she won silver in the women's premier coxless four, and bronze in the women's premier coxed 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]