Holly Norton
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| Born | 1 January 1993 (age 29) Harare, Zimbabwe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Johannesburg, South Africa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | BSc Psychology from The 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.
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.[1] She won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2016 World Rowing Championships with Donna Etiebet, Holly Nixon and Fiona Gammond.[2]
Norton formerly represented South Africa as a junior rower.[3] She rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and helped the team to three consecutive NCAA national championship titles in 2013, 2014 and 2015.[4] She currently rows for the Leander Club.[5]
References[]
- ^ "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 (archived)
- Holly Norton at British Rowing
- Profile of Holly Norton on Rowing Classifieds
- Living people
- 1993 births
- British female rowers
- South African female rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Ohio State Buckeyes rowers