Kate Hornsey

Kate Hornsey
Personal information
Born (1981-10-19) 19 October 1981
Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Residence Molesworth, Tasmania
Height 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Weight 73 kg (161 lb)
Sport
Country Australia
Sport Rowing
Event(s) Pair – Women (2-)
Coxless Pair – Women
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Australia
Olympic Games
2012 London Coxless pair
World Rowing Championships
2005 Gifu W4-
2005 Gifu W8+
2006 Eton W4-
2010 Karapiro W4-
2011 Bled W4-
2006 Eton W8+
2011 Bled W2-
Updated on 9 February 2014.

Kate Hornsey (born 19 October 1981, in Hobart) is a retired Australian three-time world champion, dual Olympian and Olympic silver medal winning rower.

Rowing career

Hornsey took up rowing when she was 12 years old in New Norfolk, Southern Tasmania. Her senior rowing has been with the New Norfolk club and the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne.

Her first Australian Olympic selection was for Beijing 2008 when she rowed in the Australian women's VIII who finished sixth.[1] In March 2012 Hornsey was selected in a Coxless pair with Sarah Tait, the pair won the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London.

Hornsey officially announced her retirement from competitive Rowing on 24 October 2014.

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 "Kate Hornsey". london2012.olympics.com.au. Australian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 9 February 2014.


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