Sophie MacKenzie

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Sophie MacKenzie (* 31 March 1992 in Blenheim ) is a New Zealand lightweight - rower . Together with Julia Edward, she won the world title in the lightweight double scull in 2014 and 2015 .

Together with Georgia Hammond, Sophie MacKenzie won the bronze medal in the lightweight double scull at the U23 World Championships in 2012 . The following year she took third place again with Lisa Owen. In 2014 she rowed with Zoe McBride and this time the New Zealand double scull won the U23 title. Around five weeks after the U23 World Championships, Sophie MacKenzie started together with Julia Edward at the World Championships in Amsterdam and also won the title in the adult class. In 2015, the two lost to the British Katherine Copeland and Charlotte Taylor at the World Cup in Varese. MacKenzie and Edward won the World Cup finals in Lucerne, while the British women only finished fourth. In the final of the 2015 World Championships, the two New Zealanders won the gold medal with just over a second ahead of the two Britons. In the following year, no medalist from the 2015 World Championships reached the medal ranks at the 2016 Olympic Games , MacKenzie and Edward were fourth, more than four seconds behind bronze.

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SURNAME MacKenzie, Sophie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION New Zealand rower
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1992
PLACE OF BIRTH Blenheim