Olympia Aldersey

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Olympia Aldersey (born July 26, 1992 in Rose Park , South Australia ) is an Australian rower .

Career

Aldersey started rowing in 2007. At the Junior World Championships in 2010 she took third place with the four-man without a helmsman . In the same year she competed at the Youth Olympic Games together with Emma Basher in a pair without a helmsman and won the silver medal behind the British boat. In 2011 she finished fourth at the U23 World Championships in a double without a helmsman, and in 2012 she won in a double quad with Jessica Hall , Madeleine Edmunds and Rebekah Hooper.

In 2013 the first regatta of the Rowing World Cup took place in Sydney. The Australians won in double fours with Sarah Perkins , Jessica Hall, Madeleine Edmunds and Olympia Aldersey. In the two other World Cup regattas, the Australian quadruple came third. Eighth place at the World Championships for a crew that had been converted to two positions compared to Sydney was below expectations after the course of the season. In 2014 Olympia Aldersey formed a double scull with Sally Kehoe , which won the World Cup regattas in Sydney and on Lac d'Aiguebelette and took fourth place in Lucerne. In the semifinals of the World Championships in Amsterdam , Kehoe and Aldersey set a world best time for the double scull with 6: 37.31 minutes , in the final the two Australians won the bronze medal. A year later, Aldersey and Kehoe finished tenth at the 2015 World Championships on Lac d'Aiguebelette . At the 2016 Olympics , Aldersey came eighth and finished seventh.

In the post-Olympic season, Aldersey started in double sculls with Madeleine Edmunds. The two won the bronze medal behind the boats from New Zealand and the United States at the 2017 World Championships . In 2018, Aldersey rowed in quadruples and finished seventh at the World Championships . In 2019 she switched to the foursome without a tax woman. Together with Katrina Werry , Sarah Hawe and Lucy Stephan , she won the World Cup finals in Rotterdam and the World Championships in Linz .

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