Georgia Nugent-O'Leary
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Georgia Nugent-O'Leary (born 14 August 1996) is a New Zealand rower. She is nominated to compete at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the quad sculls.
Early life
Nugent-O'Leary was born in 1996 in Whanganui.[1] She is from Marton in the Rangitikei District.[2] She received her schooling at Nga Tawa Diocesan School, where she started rowing at the end of 2012 while in Year 11.[3]
Rowing career
Nugent-O'Leary is a member of the Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club, which is based in the outlying suburb Whanganui of Aramoho.[2] In March 2013, she joined Jackie Gowler in the U18 double scull at the Maadi Cup held at Lake Karapiro that year. Based on that result, she was sent to August 2014 World Rowing Junior Championships in Hamburg, Germany, where the New Zealand quad scull came sixth.[3] She relocated to Blenheim to become a member of the Central Rowing Performance Centre.[3]
During 2015, Nugent-O'Leary rowed with Davina Waddy from Christchurch in the coxless pair. In 2016, she made the team for the U23 women's eight. At the 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, the team came fourth, beaten by the Russian team for the bronze medal by just 0.31 seconds.[3][4] She was invited to join the 2016/17 summer squad but in the second week of training, she crashed on her bike, broke an arm and received a concussion that sustained itself for a long time. This crash forced an 18-month retirement from rowing.[2][3]
Returning to rowing in 2018 at the Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club, she competed in the February 2018 National Championships where she won silver in the senior single scull, beaten for the title by Veronica Wall.[3][5] In 2019, she once again trained at the Central Rowing Performance Centre. At the February 2019 National Championships, she competed in three senior boat classes. She came fourth in the double scull (with Ruby Willis), won silver with the quad scull (with Willis, Nicola Baker and Kirstyn Goodger), and took out the national title with the eight.[6]
At the February 2020 National Championships, she competed in the single scull and double scull (with Sophie MacKenzie) and came fifth in both boat classes.[7] This was her last competition before the country went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Olympic Games got delayed by 12 months.[2]
References
- ^ "Georgia Nugent-O'Leary". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Smith, Jared (2 April 2020). "Rowing: Marton's Georgia Nugent-O'Leary home with 15 months to wait for Olympics". Whanganui Chronicle. Retrieved 21 June 2021. (subscription required)
- ^ a b c d e f "Georgia Nugent-O'Leary". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Georgia Nugent-O'Leary". World Rowing Federation. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Rocket Foods NZ Rowing Championships". Row IT. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Rocket Foods NZ Rowing Championships". Row IT. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "NZ Rowing Championships". Row IT. Retrieved 21 June 2021.