Jessica Morrison

Jessica Morrison (born 18 May 1992) is an Australian rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[1]

Club and state rowing

Raised in Melbourne, Morrison's senior rowing was from the Mercantile Rowing Club.

Morrison was first selected to represent Victoria in the 2016 senior women's eight who won the Queen's Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.^[2] She then rowed in the successful Victorian eights of 2017 and 2018.^[3]

International representative rowing

Morrison was in the Australian women's eight who initially missed qualification for the 2016 Rio Olympics but received a late call up following the Russian drug scandal. WADA had discovered Russian state sponsored drug testing violations and the IOC acted to protect clean athletes and set strict entry guidelines for Russian athletes resulting in most of their rowers and nearly all of their crews being withdrawn from the Olympic regatta. The crew had dispersed two months earlier after their failure to qualify but reconvened, travelled at the last minute to Rio and borrowed a shell. They finished last in their heat, last in the repechage and were eliminated.^[4]

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