Nikki Ayers
![]() Nikki Ayers in 2019 | |
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Nationality | Australian |
Born | 3 March 1991 |
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Country | Australia |
Sport | Rowing |
Nikki Ayers is an Australian Paralympic rower. She was a member of the PR3 Mix 4+ at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.[1]
Personal[]
Ayers was born 3 March 1991.[2] She grew up in Narooma, New South Wales and moved to Canberra to study for a nursing degree at University of Canberra.[3] Ayers played rugby union and captained the ACT Women's Brumbies 7's team. In 2016, during a rugby union game, a tackle led to her dislocating her knee. the injury severed a major artery and nerve damage caused her to lose feeling in her foot.[2] She underwent 16 operations to save her leg and repair her knee.[4] In 2021, she works as a registered nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at The Canberra Hospital and has a postgraduate Diploma in Critical Care.
Rowing[]
Ayers competed twice in the gruelling surf boat along the South Coast.[3] Ayers' road to para rowing started through a 2017 Train4Tokyo session at the Australian Institute of Sport.[3] She commenced serious rowing training in January 2018 and was selected in the PR3 mixed coxed four at the 2018 World Rowing Championships where the crew finished fifth.[4]
She has won PR3 Women's Single Scull at Australian Rowing Championships in 2019 and 2021.[2]
At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, she was a member of the PR3 Mix 4+ that finished fourth.
She in a member of the Capital Lakes Rowing Club.
References[]
- ^ "Para-Rowers Overcome Adversity To Secure Tokyo Berth". Paralympics Australia. 12 July 2021. Retrieved 12 July 2021.
- ^ a b c "Nikki Ayers". Paralympics Australia. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ a b c Gavel, Tom (6 December 2019). "Career-ending injury no match for Nikki Ayers' Olympic ambitions". RIOTACT!. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
- ^ a b Dutton, Chris (16 August 2018). "How Nikki Ayers found rowing after 16 operations to save her leg". Canberra Times. Retrieved 13 July 2021.
External links[]
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic rowers of Australia
- Australian female rowers