Justine Carroll (married name: Battersby) is an Australian former lightweight rower. She was a three-time national champion and won a silver medal at the 1988 World Rowing Championships.
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Medal record
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Club and state rowing
editCarroll's senior club rowing was from the Mosman Rowing Club.
Carroll was first selected for New South Wales at the senior level in 1987 lightweight coxless four which contested the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[1] She raced in that event again in 1988 and 1990.[2] In 1988 with Carrol at stroke the New South Wales crossed the line first by a convincing margin but were disqualified due to a doping infringement.[3]
She rowed in Mosman Rowing Club colours contesting Australian national titles in the lightweight pair and the lightweight coxless four on a number of occasions. In 1987 she won the lightweight championships title with Virginia Lee and placed second in the coxless four.[4] In 1988 she again won the pair with Lee and won the national lightweight coxless four title with Lee, Jean Turner and Simone Salier from Mosman.[5] In 1990 she placed third in the pair and second in the four.[6]
International representative rowing
editCarroll made her Australian representative debut in the lightweight coxless four at the Milan 1988. Battersby stroked that crew to a silver medal.[7]
Personal
editShe is married to James Battersby an Australian champion and Olympic rower also from the Mosman Rowing Club. They have three daughters.[8]
References
edit- ^ "1987 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "1990 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 28 April 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ "1988 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
- ^ 1987 Australian Championships
- ^ 1988 Australian Championships
- ^ 1990 Australian Championships
- ^ 1988 World Championships Archived 10 September 2018 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Battersby profile at RowPerfect