Nickname: Margs and Margie
Home town: Redcliffe, Queensland
Place of residence: Adelaide, South Australia
Occupation: Physiotherapist
Club: Adelaide University Boat Club
Began rowing: 1994 at school
Date of birth: 11/07/81
Height: 173 cm
Weight: 57 kg
Favourite food: Smoked salmon ravioli
Favourite book: Suite Francaise
Favourite movie: Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Personal achievements: Graduated Physiotherapy in 2003, making my first senior World Championship team in 2002
School: All Hallows School, Brisbane
Current coach: Adrian David
Institute/Academy: South Australian Sports Institute
Rowing career highlight(s): 2002 – gold medal and world record in lightweight women’s quad, 2003 – bronze medal in lightweight women’s quad – 2006, silver medal in lightweight women’s double – 2007 gold medal in lightweight women’s double
Professional goals: Complete my physiotherapy masters degree in 2009, complete my French as a second language proficiency certificate (DELF), work as a sports physio in a non English speaking country
Sporting hero: Constanta Burcica (Lightweight women’s double Olympic champion ’96, ’00, ’04)
Interests: Road cycling, French language and film
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