Julia Edward
Edward in 2013
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 32)
EducationRotorua Girls' High School[1]
Weight57 kg (126 lb)[2]
Sport
ClubRotorua[2]
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Lwt double scull
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette Lwt double scull
World U23 Championships
Silver medal – second place 2010 Brest U23 lwt double scull
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Amsterdam U23 lwt double scull

Julia Edward (born 20 February 1991) is a New Zealand rower, a two time world champion in the women's lightweight double sculls.[2][3]

Career

In 2010, she won silver in the lightweight double sculls at the U23 world championships with Lucy Strack.[4] A year later, she won bronze in the same event with Alyce Pulford.[5] She competed with Louise Ayling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[6]

Together with Sophie MacKenzie, she was world champion in the lightweight double scull for two years in a row; first at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, and then at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette.[7]

The 2016 rowing year did not start out that successful for Edward and MacKenzie, and at both World Rowing Cups that New Zealand attended that year, they came third, beaten by different nations at those regattas.[8][9][10] When they competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro later that year, they came fourth in the lightweight double sculls,[11] which was disappointing to them.[8] Some time after the Olympics, they both announced that they would take a year off rowing.[12][13][14] Both will also take the 2018 rowing season off, but neither has announced their retirement.[15]

References

  1. ^ "Julia Edward". New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  2. ^ a b c "Julia Edward". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Julia Edward". Rowing New Zealand. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 March 2016.
  4. ^ "2010 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  5. ^ "2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  6. ^ "2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - London, GBR - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". FISA. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
  8. ^ a b Gilhooly, Daniel (13 August 2016). "Rio Olympics 2016: NZ women's pair claim silver medal, lightweight double miss out". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  9. ^ "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  10. ^ "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  11. ^ "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  12. ^ Jones, Peter; Anderson, Ian (26 September 2016). "MacKenzie decides to take a break". The Marlborough Express. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
  13. ^ Jones, Peter (31 August 2016). "MacKenzie takes time out after Olympic bid". The Marlborough Express. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  14. ^ Anderson, Ian (26 September 2016). "Rowing NZ's summer squad: World champion lightweights among notable absences". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 15 October 2017.
  15. ^ Anderson, Ian (23 November 2017). "World champions remain absent". The Press. p. B8. Retrieved 24 November 2017.


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