Ruby Tew
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Born | Wellington, New Zealand | 7 March 1994||||||||||||||
Education | Queen Margaret College[1] | ||||||||||||||
Height | 181 cm (5 ft 11 in)[2] | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 79 kg (174 lb)[2] | ||||||||||||||
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Club | Star Boating Club | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Ruby Tew (born 7 March 1994) is a New Zealand rower.[2] She won a silver medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the 2016 Olympics.[3] With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics.[4]
Born in Wellington,[5] she is the daughter of New Zealand Rugby CEO Steve Tew.[6]
References
- ^ "Ruby Tew". New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
- ^ a b c "Ruby Tew". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ Anderson, Ian (7 September 2015). "New Zealand eights surge into Olympic medal contention at world champs". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
- ^ Alderson, Andrew (14 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: Gold for Mahe Drysdale". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 August 2016.
- ^ "Ruby Tew". New Zealand Olympic Committee. 2016. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Plumb, Simon (6 August 2016). "Olympics: from New Zealand with love". New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 6 August 2016.