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Olivia Loe
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32)
Height1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Event(s)Double sculls, Quadruple sculls, Coxless four
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2017 Sarasota Double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2019 Ottensheim Double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2018 Plovdiv Double sculls
World Championships (U23)
Silver medal – second place 2014 Varese Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Trakai Quadruple sculls

Olivia Loe (also known as Livvie,[2] born 15 January 1992) is a New Zealand competitive rower.

Early life and sporting pedigree

Loe was born in 1992 in New Zealand.[1] Her father is Richard Loe, a prominent rugby union player with 49 appearances for the All Blacks.[2] Olivia's elder sister Jessica (born 1989) has also represented New Zealand internationally in rowing.[2][3] After Jessica took up rowing in 2004,[3] Olivia followed her in 2006.[2][4] The sisters' club rowing has been from the Avon Rowing Club in Christchurch.[4] Apart from rowing, Olivia Loe plays rugby union.[2]

International rowing career

Loe first competed in rowing internationally in 2010, when she attended the World Rowing Junior Championships in Račice, Czech Republic.[1] She came 11th with the junior women's quadruple sculls.[5] In the 2011 trials at Lake Karapiro to determine the country's squad, she teamed up with Jennifer Storey,[6] the younger sister of John Storey.[7] At the 2011 World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam in the Netherlands, she came fourth with the U23 women's quadruple sculls.[8] At the 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania, she won a bronze medal with the U23 women's quadruple sculls.[9] At the 2013 World Rowing U23 Championships in Linz, Austria, she came fifth with the U23 women's quadruple sculls.[10] At the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, she won a silver medal with the U23 women's four.[11]

In the 2015 season, Loe competed at World Rowing Cups in Italy and Switzerland in the women's single sculls,[12][13] but she did not compete at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.[1] In the 2016 season, Loe competed at World Rowing Cups in Switzerland and Poland in the women's pair[14][15] as New Zealand's reserve boat to Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown.[16] This being an Olympic year, her class was not raced at the 2016 World Rowing Championships, but she did not qualify for the Olympics either;[1] Behrent and Scown won Olympic silver for New Zealand in that class.[17]

In the 2017 season, Loe competed at World Rowing Cups in Poland and Switzerland in the women's double sculls with Brooke Donoghue, and they won gold in both races.[18][19] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, she became world champion in the women's double sculls partnered with Donoghue.[20] She regained that title with Donoghue at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Olivia Loe". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e Bidwell, Hamish (5 May 2010). "Loe girls off to World Champs". The Press. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Jessica Loe". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Olivia Loe". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  5. ^ "(JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  6. ^ "Jennifer Storey". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  7. ^ Richens, Matt (21 February 2011). "Southern dominance gets rowers to trials". The Press. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  8. ^ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  9. ^ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  10. ^ "(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  11. ^ "(BW4-) U23 Women's Four - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  12. ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  13. ^ "(W1x) Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  14. ^ "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  15. ^ "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  16. ^ Anderson, Ian (18 June 2016). "Double scull troubles for New Zealand's women at World Cup regatta in Poland". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  17. ^ "(W2-) Women's Pair - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  18. ^ "(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  19. ^ "(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 23 September 2017.
  20. ^ "(W2x) Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
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