Giorgia Patten

Fast Facts

Sport: Rowing
Event: Women’s Eight
Olympic History: Tokyo 2020 
Coach: Tom Westgarth and John Keogh (Head Coach)
Highlights: Winning silver in the 2019 U23 World Championships 
Year Born: 1998
Born: Perth, WA 
Junior Club: Perth College (Mount Lawley, WA)

About Giorgia

Beginning her rowing journey in Western Australia as a secondary school student, Giorgia Patten relocated to Rowing Australia’s National Training Centre in Sydney to work under John Keogh, Tom Westgarth and Ellen Randell and participate in the nation’s top competitive rowing environment. 

Patten first earned selection to the Australian Rowing Team in 2018, when she was named to the Women’s Pair for the U23 World Championships, where she finished fifth in the medal race. 

2019 saw a switch to sculling for Patten, where alongside Harriet Hudson, the 22-year-old earned silver in the U23 World Championships Double Sculls.

Patten returned to sweep rowing and was selected to the Australian Women's Eight for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where she made her Olympic debut. 

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 which 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. The result equalled the best ever result by an Australian Women's Eight at an Olympic Games.