Nickname: Cookie
Place of birth: Ipswich, QLD
Place of residence: Canberra
Occupation: Student
Club: Sydney University Womens Rowing Club
Began rowing: TID program at ACT Academy of Sport in February 2000, on my 15th birthday
Date of birth: 04/02/1985
Height: 189cm
Weight: 76kg
Favourite food: Chocolate, Mum’s pavlova
Favourite book: Mao’s Last Dancer, Memoirs of a Geisha
Favourite movie: The Little Mermaid, Billy Elliot
Personal achievements: Rowing Australian Women's Pair in 2007, 2008, 2009
School: St Bede's Primary School, Canberra and St Clare’s College, Canberra
Current coach: Laryssa Biesenthal
Institute/Academy: Australian Institute of Sport
Rowing career highlight(s):
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Silver medal at Under 23 World Rowing Regatta, W4- 2004
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Bronze medal at Munich World Cup W8+ 2006
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Bronze medal at Eton World Championships W8+ 2006
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Gold medal World Cup 1 women's pair, 2007
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Bronze medal World Cup 2 women's pair 2007
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4th place women's eight & pair Munich World Championships 2007
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Women's pair 2008 Beijing Olympics
Professional goals: Win an Olympic Gold Medal and to compete at the 2008, 2012 and 2016 Olympics.
Sporting hero: Lance Armstrong, Megan Still, Drew Ginn
Interests: Theatre, reading, movies
Favourite sporting team: Brumbies
What would you do if you won $10 million dollars? Pay all my bills
If I could live anywhere in the world it would be: I want to live in lots of places and learn about and live in different cultures, never just one!
When I was growing up I wanted to be: An Olympic Gold Medallist