Naomi Hoogesteger

Naomi May Jensen Hoogesteger is a former British rower.

Naomi Hoogesteger
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2005 KaizuLW4x

Education

Hoogesteger studied Modern Languages at Durham University and completed an MA by Research in Spanish in 2006.[1][2] While there she took up rowing at Durham University Boat Club.[3]

Career

In rowing, Hoogesteger was a member of the crew that won the Bronze medal in the Lightweight Women's Four at the 2005 World Rowing Championships.[4]

In 2011 Hoogesteger, alongside David Hosking, formed part of a team that broke the world record for rowing across the Atlantic Ocean.[5][6]

References
  1. "Olympic Torchbearers". Durham First (32): 27. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  2. Hoogesteger, Naomi May Jensen (2006). Anomalous women in fifteenth-century castilian ballads (PDF). Durham: Durham University (Thesis). Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  3. "Athletes' Profiles". Durham University. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  4. "Naomi HOOGESTEGER - worldrowing.com". World Rowing. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  5. "Hallin Marine ocean rowing record". Ocean Rowing. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  6. "Atlantic rowers reveal 'dangly bits' to combat blisters and set new record". Metro. 8 February 2011. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
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