Grace Prendergast
Grace Prendergast (born 30 June 1992) is a New Zealand rower. She is a national champion, an Olympian, a four-time world champion and a current (2019) world champion in both the coxless pair and the women's eight.
![]() Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nationality | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Christchurch, New Zealand | 30 June 1992||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | Villa Maria College[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 74 kg (163 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event(s) | Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Avon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Prendergast won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.[2] With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[3] At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, she partnered with Emma Dyke in the premier women's pair and they became national champions.[4] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she became world champion in the women's pair partnered with Kerri Gowler.[5] Prendergast and Gowler regained that title at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz Ottensheim.
References
- "Grace Prendergast". New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- "W4- Results" (PDF). FISA. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
- Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- "Dunham stakes claim at nationals". The Press. 18 February 2017. p. D4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
- "(W2-) Women's Pair – Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
External links
- Grace Prendergast at FISA WorldRowing.com
- Grace Prendergast at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)