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Holly Norton
Holly Norton
Personal information
Born1 January 1993 (1993-01) (age 31)
Harare, Zimbabwe
Home townJohannesburg, South Africa
EducationBSc Psychology from Ohio State University
Height6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
College teamOhio State Buckeyes
ClubLeander
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rotterdam Coxless four
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless four
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2018 Glasgow Eight
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice Coxless pair
Representing  South Africa
World Junior Championships
Silver medal – second place 2011 Eton Coxless pair

Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South AfricanBritish rower.

Biography

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Born 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

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  1. ^ "Holly Norton - World Champion Rower shares her journey". www.stithian.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  2. ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
  3. ^ "World Championships: Holly Nixon and Paul O'Donovan secure gold medals". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Holly Norton". World Rowing. 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  5. ^ "2015 Ohio State Rowing Media Information" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Holly Norton". British Rowing. 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
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