Harriet Austin (born 14 May 1988) is a New Zealand rower from Whanganui.[1]

She represented New Zealand in the women's eights in the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro, and again in the 2010 World Rowing Cup at Rotsee, Lucerne, Switzerland.[1]

She rowed in the number 6 seat, and was captain, for the Oxford women's crew in the 2017 Boat Race while studying for an MBA at Christ Church, University of Oxford.[2][3]

Along with her sister Kate she rowed 200 miles (320 km) across the Mediterranean in 2017 in a biannual race called "NOMAN is an Island: Race to END HPV", part of the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation.[4][5][6]

References

  1. 1 2 "Harriet Austin". World Rowing. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  2. ↑ Nishihara, Naomi (19 April 2017). "The MBAs In Oxford & Cambridge Sculls". Poets & Quants. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "Meet the 2017 Boat Races crews". British Rowing.
  4. ↑ Russell, Emma (8 August 2017). "Kate and Harriet Austin recount rowing 200 miles across the Mediterranean". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "Harriet Austin rows across the Mediterranean to raise awareness of HPV". News: Current students. Christ Church. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
  6. ↑ "NOMAN is an Island: race to end HPV". HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation. Retrieved 27 October 2017.


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