Ruby Tew

Ruby Tew (born 7 March 1994) is a New Zealand Olympic rower.[2]

Ruby Tew
Personal information
Born (1994-03-07) 7 March 1994
Wellington, New Zealand
EducationQueen Margaret College[1]
Height1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Weight79 kg (174 lb)[2]
RelativesSteve Tew (father)
Sport
ClubStar Boating Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
2015 AiguebeletteEight
2017 SarasotaEight

Private life

Born in Wellington,[3] she is the daughter of New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew.[4] She received her secondary education at Queen Margaret College.[5] She is studying towards a Bachelor of Business Studies at Massey University.[6]

Rowing career

Tew took up rowing in 2008 while at Queen Margaret College.[5] She attended her first Maadi Cup in 2009 at Lake Karapiro but did not get into any of the A-finals.[7] At the 2010 Maadi Cup at Lake Ruataniwha, she won a bronze medal in the girls U16 double sculls.[8] At the 2011 Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro, she reached B-finals in all three of her boat classes.[9]

Tew had her first international appearance at the 2012 World Rowing Junior Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. With the junior quad sculls (with Nathalie Hill, Zoe McBride, and Hannah Osborne), she won bronze at the event.[10] In 2014, she became national champion with the women's premier four, with Rebecca Scown, Linda Matthews, and Holly Greenslade in the team.[11] At the 2015 national championships, she won silver with the women's premier four, this time teamed with Kerri Gowler, Rebecca Scown, and Elizabeth Ross.[12]

Tew won a silver medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.[13] At the 2016 national championships, she won gold in the women's premier four with Kerri Gowler, Fiona Paterson, and Holly Greenslade. She won bronze in the women's premier coxless pair oars and the women's premier coxed eight.[14]

With the New Zealand women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[15] She won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.[16]

References
  1. "Ruby Tew". New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. "Ruby Tew". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  3. "Ruby Tew". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  4. Plumb, Simon (6 August 2016). "Olympics: from New Zealand with love". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
  5. "QMC Olympian". Queen Margaret College. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  6. "Bond of brothers". Massey University. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
  7. "Results: mads2009". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  8. "Results: mads2010". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  9. "Results: mads2011". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  10. "(JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 10 October 2017.
  11. "Friday Finals Bankstream NZ Rowing Championships 2014". Rowing New Zealand. 21 February 2014. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  12. "Results: nzcc2015". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  13. Anderson, Ian (7 September 2015). "New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
  14. "Results: nzcc2016". rowIT Ltd. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  15. Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  16. "Kelsi Walters". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
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