Zoe de Toledo

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Zoe de Toledo (2016)

Zoe Michaela de Toledo (born July 17, 1987 in London ) is a British helmswoman in rowing .

The 1.54 m tall Zoe de Toledo received the bronze medal with the British eighth at the 2005 World Junior Championships in Brandenburg an der Havel . In 2009 she won the title at the U23 World Championships . In the same year she finished seventh at the European Championships with eighth place , followed by fourth place in 2011 . In 2012 , she won bronze at the European Championship with eighth place, but in which there was no rowing woman who had rowed in the final of the Olympic Games .

In 2013, Zoe de Toledo succeeded Caroline O'Connor as the helmsman of the British figure eight, who competed in the Rowing World Cup . In 2013, the British eight finished fourth in the World Cup twice, and the boat also took fourth place in the 2013 World Championships . In 2014, the eighth won the silver medal at the European Championships behind the Romanians at the start of the season . After two third places in the World Cup, the eighth ended the 2014 season with a sixth place in the World Championships . In 2015 the boat reached fifth place at the European Championships , again achieved two third places in the World Cup and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games with a fourth place at the 2015 World Championships . The British eighth started the Olympic season by winning the title at the European Championships in Brandenburg on the Havel . The US eight continued his winning streak at the 2016 Olympic Games , followed by the British European champions who received the silver medal ahead of Romania.

In the controversial Boat Race 2012 at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge, she drove the favored team from Oxford, which lost the rudder blade of German team member Hanno Wienhausen on row 6 in an accident between the two boats and thus had no chance of winning the duel.

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SURNAME De Toledo, Zoe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES De Toledo, Zoe Michaela (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower
DATE OF BIRTH 17th July 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH London