Catriona Roach

Catriona Roach (born 10 May 1969 in Bathurst, New South Wales) is an Australian former lightweight rower - a national champion and a 2001 World Champion.

Catriona Roach
Personal information
Born (1969-05-10) 10 May 1969
Sport
SportRowing
ClubUTS Haberfield Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Australia
World Rowing Championships
2001 Lucerne LW4x
2000 Zagreb LW4x

Club and state rowing

Roach's senior rowing was done with the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney.

Roach raced in New South Wales representative women's lightweight quad sculls who contested the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta in 1999, 2000, 2001 (to victory).[1]

International representative rowing

Roach made her first Australian senior representative appearance at the 2000 World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland. The next month that same crew contested the lightweight quad scull at the 2000 World Rowing Championships in Zagreb, Croatia and Roach won a silver medal stroking the crew of Sally Causby, Amber Halliday and Eliza Blair.[2]

The following year at Lucerne 2001 that crew with Blair changed out for Josephine Lips won the gold medal and the lightweight quad scull world championship title. They set two world records in the process. Roach was seated at bow.[2]

After rowing

In 2008 her name was added to Bathurst District Sport and Recreation Council's International Sports Honour Board.[3] She works in interior design.[4]

References
  1. "2001 Austn Cships". Archived from the original on 29 July 2018. Retrieved 5 May 2018.
  2. Roach at World Rowing
  3. Bathurst Honour Board
  4. havenhand mather
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