(1992-06-30) 30 June 1992 (age 31) Christchurch, New Zealand
Education
Villa Maria College Queens' College, Cambridge
Height
1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight
74 kg (163 lb)[1]
Sport
Sport
Rowing
Event(s)
Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight
Club
Avon Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing New Zealand
Olympic Games
2020 Tokyo
Coxless pair
2020 Tokyo
Eight
World Championships
2014 Amsterdam
Coxless four
2017 Sarasota
Coxless pair
2019 Ottensheim
Coxless pair
2019 Ottensheim
Eight
2022 Račice
Coxless pair
2015 Aiguebelette
Coxless pair
2015 Aiguebelette
Eight
2018 Plovdiv
Coxless pair
Grace Elizabeth PrendergastMNZM (born 30 June 1992) is a former New Zealand sweep rower. She is a 15-time national champion in the premier category, an Olympic champion, a five-time world champion and the current (2022) world champion in the coxless pair. She grew up in Christchurch, where she started rowing for the Avon Rowing Club in 2007. She competed at the Tokyo Olympics in two boat classes and won gold in the coxless pair and a silver in the eight and set a new world's best time in the pair. Various parties, including the World Rowing Federation, expected her to win medals in Tokyo. She was the highest ranked female rower in the world twice in a row in 2019 and 2021.[a] Since 2014, her rowing partner in the coxless pair has been Kerri Gowler.[b] Prendergast is also a Boat Race winner, having competed as part of Cambridge University Boat Club's (CUBC) women's crew in 2022. She retired from professional rowing in October 2022.
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Grace Elizabeth Prendergast MNZM (born 30 June 1992) is a former New Zealand sweep rower. She is a 15-time national champion in the premier category,...
99 seconds, finishing a length ahead of the New Zealand 2 crew of GracePrendergast and Kerri Gowler. On 30 September, Glover, partnered by Heather Stanning...
99 seconds, finishing a length ahead of the New Zealand 2 crew of GracePrendergast and Kerri Gowler. On 30 September Stanning, partnered by Helen Glover...
Best Times". World Rowing. Retrieved 2023-06-28. Kehoe at World Rowing Prendergast at World Rowing "Women's Quadruple Sculls Final Results" (PDF). olympics...
Championships in Amsterdam alongside Kayla Pratt, Kelsey Bevan, and GracePrendergast. With the women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics...
54.96 seconds, which was 4.77 seconds behind the Gold medalists, GracePrendergast and Kerri Gowler of New Zealand and 2.86 seconds behind the bronze...
Cup. However, Moore declined to join the squad as a reserve player and Grace Wisnewski was called up as a reserve player instead. "List of Players –...
Sophie MacKenzie Robbie Manson Eric Murray Tom Murray Kayla Pratt GracePrendergast Brook Robertson Rebecca Scown Caleb Shepherd Zoe Stevenson John Storey...
Sophie MacKenzie Robbie Manson Eric Murray Tom Murray Kayla Pratt GracePrendergast Brook Robertson Rebecca Scown Caleb Shepherd Zoe Stevenson John Storey...
fourth at the 2016 games in the eight. She was joined by countrywoman GracePrendergast, who secured gold in the coxless pair and silver in the eight at the...
Sophie MacKenzie Robbie Manson Eric Murray Tom Murray Kayla Pratt GracePrendergast Brook Robertson Rebecca Scown Caleb Shepherd Zoe Stevenson John Storey...
Sophie MacKenzie Robbie Manson Eric Murray Tom Murray Kayla Pratt GracePrendergast Brook Robertson Rebecca Scown Caleb Shepherd Zoe Stevenson John Storey...
pairs of sisters—who were to travel to the Olympics: Kerri Gowler and GracePrendergast (who will also compete in the pair), Jackie Gowler, Beth Ross, Phoebe...
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