Bronwyn Cox

Fast Facts

Sport: Rowing
Event: Women’s Sweep Squad
Olympic History: Tokyo Debutant
Coach: Tom Westgarth and John Keogh (Head Coach)
Highlights: Earning a silver medal at the 2019 World Championships’ Women’s Eight event
Year Born: 1997
Born: Bristol
Junior Club: Methodist Ladies’ College (Claremont, WA)

About Bronwyn

Bronwyn Cox first made an impression on the world stage as a junior, when she took out silver alongside teammate Annabelle McIntyre in the Women’s Pair at the U23 World Championships in 2017.

It wasn’t long after her success at the underage World Championships that she was invited by Rowing Australia to join the Women's National Training Centre, where since late 2018 she has continued to progress under Coaches John Keogh, Tom Westgarth and Ellen Randell in the top competitive rowing environment in the nation.

A year after her genesis at the National Training Centre, Cox competed at World Rowing Cups 2 and 3, winning gold and silver respectively, and took out silver at the 2019 World Championships. It was in this year where Cox made the successful transition to the crew of the Women’s Eight, after a junior career concentrated on Pair events. 

Cox made her Olympic debut at Tokyo as a member of the Eight's crew, where the Australians finished fifth overall. Their journey to the Final involved the repechage after they finished third in their heat behind the USA and Romania. Their position in the Final secured after a fourth place finish in the repechage.

The crew looked to finish their Games regatta on a high and started fast in the Final setting a strong pace and rhythm to keep up with the Canadian boat who took an early lead. Placed second after the first 500-metres and only 0.66 seconds off the pace, the Australians fought hard to hold their position, but the opposition were too strong and after fading in the second half of the race, the Australians finished fifth overall. It equalled the best ever result by an Australian Women's Eight crew at an Olympic Games.