Holly Norton
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Born | 1 January 1993 (1993-01) (age 31) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home town | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Education | BSc Psychology from Ohio State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Leander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South African–British rower.
Biography
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
- ^ "Holly Norton - World Champion Rower shares her journey". www.stithian.com. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ^ "World Championships: Holly Nixon and Paul O'Donovan secure gold medals". BBC Sport. BBC. 27 August 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ^ "Holly Norton". World Rowing. 2018. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "2015 Ohio State Rowing Media Information" (PDF). OhioStateBuckeyes.com. 2015. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
- ^ "Holly Norton". British Rowing. 2019. Retrieved 17 February 2019.
External links
- Holly Norton at World Rowing
- Holly Norton at British Rowing
- Profile of Holly Norton on Rowing Classifieds
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- 1989: (Christiane Harzendorf, Ina Justh, Annegret Strauch, Ute Wild)
- 1990: (Doina Șnep-Bălan, Iulia Bobeică, Marioara Curela, Doina Ciucanu-Robu)
- 1991: (Kirsten Barnes, Jennifer Doey, Jessica Monroe, Brenda Taylor)
- 1993: (Pei Jiayun, Wang Shujuan, Zhou Yaxin, Jing Yanhua)
- 1994: (Femke Boelen, Elien Meijer, Muriel van Schilfgaarde, Rita de Jong)
- 1995: (Cindy Brooks, Melissa Iverson, Lianne Nelson, Katherine Scanlon Lewis)
- 1996: (Emily Dirksen, Sara Field, Amy Turner, Rosana Zegarra)
- 1997: (Alex Beever, Lisa Eyre, Elizabeth Henshilwood, Sue Walker)
- 1998: (Yevheniya Andrieieva, Tatyana Fesenko, Nina Proskura, Tetyana Savchenko)
- 1999: (Yuliya Bichyk, Elena Mikulitch, Olga Tratsevskaya, Marina Znak)
- 2000: (Iryna Bazyleuskaya, Natallia Helakh, Olga Tratsevskaya, Marina Znak)
- 2001: (Jane Robinson, Julia Wilson, Jo Lutz, Victoria Roberts)
- 2002: (Kristina Larsen, Jodi Winter, Rebecca Sattin, Victoria Roberts)
- 2003: (Liane Malcos, Whitney Webber, Caryn Davies, Wendy Wilbur)
- 2004: (Marjolaine Rossit, Celia Foulon, Audrey Galy, Marie Le Nepvou)
- 2005: (Robyn Selby Smith, Emily Martin, Pauline Frasca, Kate Hornsey)
- 2006: (Robyn Selby Smith, Jo Lutz, Amber Bradley, Kate Hornsey)
- 2007: (Portia McGee, Erin Cafaro, Rachel Jeffers, Megan Dirkmaat)
- 2008: (Hanna Nakhayeva, Volha Shcharbachenia, Natallia Helakh, Yuliya Bichyk)
- 2009: (Chantal Achterberg, Nienke Kingma, Carline Bouw, Femke Dekker)
- 2010: (Chantal Achterberg, Nienke Kingma, Carline Bouw, Femke Dekker)
- 2011: (Sarah McIlduff, Kara Kohler, Emily Regan, Sara Hendershot)
- 2013: (Emily Huelskamp, Olivia Coffey, Tessa Gobbo, Felice Mueller)
- 2014: (Kayla Pratt, Kelsey Bevan, Grace Prendergast, Kerri Williams)
- 2015: (Kristine O'Brien, Grace Latz, Adrienne Martelli, Grace Luczak)
- 2016: (Fiona Gammond, Donna Etiebet, Holly Nixon, Holly Norton)
- 2017: (Lucy Stephan, Katrina Werry, Sarah Hawe, Molly Goodman)
- 2018: (Madeleine Wanamaker, Erin Boxberger, Molly Bruggeman, Erin Reelick)
- 2019: (Olympia Aldersey, Katrina Werry, Sarah Hawe, Lucy Stephan)
- 2022: (Heidi Long, Rowan McKellar, Samantha Redgrave, Rebecca Shorten)
- 2023: (Marloes Oldenburg, Hermijntje Drenth, Tinka Offereins, Benthe Boonstra)
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