Grace Prendergast

Grace Prendergast
Kerri Gowler and Grace Prendergast
Personal information
Born 30 June 1992 (1992-06-30) (age 26)
Christchurch, New Zealand
Education Villa Maria College[1]
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Club Avon (Christchurch)

Grace Prendergast (born 30 June 1992) is a New Zealand rower.

Prendergast won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.[2] With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[3] At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, she partnered with Emma Dyke in the premier women's pair and they became national champions.[4] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships, she became world champion in the women's pair partnered with Kerri Gowler.[5]

References

  1. "Grace Prendergast". New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. "W4- Results" (PDF). Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
  4. "Dunham stakes claim at nationals". The Press. 18 February 2017. p. D4. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2017.


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