Georgina Rowe

Fast Facts

Sport: Rowing
Event: Women’s Sweep Squad 
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020 
Coach: Tom Westgarth and John Keogh (Head Coach)
Highlights: Earning silver at the 2019 World Championships 
Year Born: 1992
Born: North Sydney, NSW 
Junior Club: University of Technology Sydney Rowing Club (Haberfield, NSW)

About Georgina

Georgie Rowe first took up rowing in 2017 after taking top honours at the previous year’s Australian Indoor Rowing Championships. As a product of Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the registered nurse hails from a surfboat rowing background, where she has proved prolific in surf ski paddling and kayaking. 

Rowe was named to her first Australian Rowing Team in 2018 as part of the Women’s Eights for the season’s World Rowing Cup 2 and World Championships. 

Bronze medals at each regatta retained Rowe in the Women’s Eights for the following year, where she earned gold and silver at World Rowing Cups 2 and 3 respectively, and a silver medal at the World Championships. 

As part of Rowing Australia’s National Training Centre, Rowe continued with her preparations as part of Rowing Australia’s top competitive infrastructure. Hard work was rewarded with selection to the Australian Women's Eight to compete at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. 

Rowe made her Olympic debut at Japan's Sea Forest Waterway where the Eights crew finished fifth, equalling the best ever result of an Australian Women's Eight at an Olympics. 

Their position in the Final was secured the hard way, via the repechage in which they finished in fourth place. 

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.