Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South African–British rower.
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| Born | 1 January 1993 (age 31) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | BSc Psychology from Ohio State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
editBorn and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Holly's family moved to South Africa in 2003. It was at St Stithians Girl's College that she first took up rowing.[1]
She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Rebecca Chin, Karen Bennett and Lucinda Gooderham.[2] She won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2016 World Rowing Championships with Donna Etiebet, Holly Nixon and Fiona Gammond.[3]
Norton formerly represented South Africa as a junior rower.[4] She rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and helped the team to three consecutive NCAA national championship titles in 2013, 2014 and 2015.[5] She currently rows for the Leander Club.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Holly Norton - World Champion Rower shares her journey". www.stithian.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ^ "World Championships: Holly Nixon and Paul O'Donovan secure gold medals". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Holly Norton". World Rowing. 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "2015 Ohio State Rowing Media Information" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Holly Norton". British Rowing. 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
External links
edit- Holly Norton at World Rowing
- Holly Norton at British Rowing
- Profile of Holly Norton on Rowing Classifieds
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