Australian rower
Kate Hornsey
Born (1981-10-19 ) 19 October 1981 (age 43) Hobart , Tasmania , AustraliaHeight 174 cm (5 ft 9 in)[ 1] Weight 73 kg (161 lb) Country Australia Sport Rowing Event(s) Pair – Women (2-) Olympic finals Beijing 2008 W8+ Updated on 9 February 2014
Kate Hornsey (born 19 October 1981, in Hobart ) is an Australian former three-time world champion, dual Olympian and Olympic silver medal-winning rower.
Club and national rowing
Hornsey took up rowing when she was 12 years old in New Norfolk , Tasmania . Her senior rowing was from New Norfolk club and the Mercantile Rowing Club in Melbourne.
Hornsey was selected in the Tasmanian representative VIIIs who raced for the Queen's Cup at the Australian Rowing Championships on seven occasions from 2003 to 2008 and in 2014. She stroked all six Tasmanian Women's VIIIs who competed at the Interstate Regattas between 2004 and 2014.
International representative rowing career
World championships
The typical squad changes that occur after an Olympic year as rowers take breaks or step away happened after Athens 2004 and Hornsey took her opportunities. She was selected in both the W4- and the W8+ for the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu Japan. Both crews took gold with Hornsey stroking the four to her first World Championship title.[ 2] Eton Dorney 2006 Horsney stroked both the eight and the four. The W8+ took bronze behind the US and Germany while the W4- won both their heat and final giving Hornsey and Robyn Selby Smith their second World Champion title in this boat class in successive years.[ 3]
Horsney raced in the Australian women's eight at the 2007 World Championships to a fourth placing. She didn't compete in 2009 but at Lake Karapiro at the 2010 World Rowing Championships she stroked the Australian W4- to a silver medal. She repeated this feat at Bled 2011 earning a 2nd consecutive world silver alongside Pauline Frasca . At those same 2011 Championships she won a bronze medal in the W2- paired with Sarah Tait .[ 4]
Olympics
Hornsey's first Australian Olympic selection was for Beijing 2008 when she rowed in the Australian women's eight who finished sixth.[ 1] coxless pair with Sarah Tait , the pair took the silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London .
Hornsey announced her retirement from competitive rowing on 24 October 2014.
References
1989 : Christiane Harzendorf , Ina Justh , Annegret Strauch , Ute Wild )1990 : Doina Șnep-Bălan , Iulia Bobeică , Marioara Curela , Doina Ciucanu-Robu )1991 : Kirsten Barnes , Jennifer Doey , Jessica Monroe , Brenda Taylor )1993 : Pei Jiayun , Wang Shujuan , Zhou Yaxin , Jing Yanhua )1994 : Femke Boelen , Elien Meijer , Muriel van Schilfgaarde , Rita de Jong )1995 : Cindy Brooks , Melissa Iverson , Lianne Nelson , Katherine Scanlon Lewis )1996 : Emily Dirksen , Sara Field , Amy Turner , Rosana Zegarra )1997 : Alex Beever , Lisa Eyre , Elizabeth Henshilwood , Sue Walker )1998 : Yevheniya Andrieieva , Tatyana Fesenko , Nina Proskura , Tetyana Savchenko )1999 : Yuliya Bichyk , Elena Mikulitch , Olga Tratsevskaya , Marina Znak )2000 : Iryna Bazyleuskaya , Natallia Helakh , Olga Tratsevskaya , Marina Znak )2001 : Jane Robinson , Julia Wilson , Jo Lutz , Victoria Roberts )2002 : Kristina Larsen , Jodi Winter , Rebecca Sattin , Victoria Roberts )2003 : Liane Malcos , Whitney Webber , Caryn Davies , Wendy Wilbur )2004 : Marjolaine Rossit , Celia Foulon , Audrey Galy , Marie Le Nepvou )2005 : Robyn Selby Smith , Emily Martin , Pauline Frasca , Kate Hornsey )2006 : Robyn Selby Smith , Jo Lutz , Amber Bradley , Kate Hornsey )2007 : Portia McGee , Erin Cafaro , Rachel Jeffers , Megan Dirkmaat )2008 : Hanna Nakhayeva , Volha Shcharbachenia , Natallia Helakh , Yuliya Bichyk )2009 : Chantal Achterberg , Nienke Kingma , Carline Bouw , Femke Dekker )2010 : Chantal Achterberg , Nienke Kingma , Carline Bouw , Femke Dekker )2011 : Sarah McIlduff , Kara Kohler , Emily Regan , Sara Hendershot )2013 : Emily Huelskamp , Olivia Coffey , Tessa Gobbo , Felice Mueller )2014 : Kayla Pratt , Kelsey Bevan , Grace Prendergast , Kerri Williams )2015 : Kristine O'Brien , Grace Latz , Adrienne Martelli , Grace Luczak )2016 : Fiona Gammond , Donna Etiebet , Holly Nixon , Holly Norton )2017 : Lucy Stephan , Katrina Werry , Sarah Hawe , Molly Goodman )2018 : Madeleine Wanamaker , Erin Boxberger , Molly Bruggeman , Erin Reelick )2019 : Olympia Aldersey , Katrina Werry , Sarah Hawe , Lucy Stephan )2022 : Heidi Long , Rowan McKellar , Samantha Redgrave , Rebecca Shorten )2023 : Marloes Oldenburg , Hermijntje Drenth , Tinka Offereins , Benthe Boonstra )
1974 : Dobler , Lehmann , Richter , Schwede , Ahrenholz , Müller , Blanke , Mosig , cox Brincker )1975 : Goretzki , Knetsch , Richter , Schwede , Kallies , Neu , Nitsche , Mosig , cox Wilke )1977 : Bügel , Steindorf , Lohs , Neisser , Sandig , Kurth , Schwede , Metze , cox Heß )1978 : Yermakova , Paziun , Antoniuk , Bunjak , Dergatchenko , Umanets , Tereshina , Pivovarova , cox Frolova )1979 : Antoniuk , Bunjak , Dergatchenko , Yermakova , Paziun , Tereshina , Umanets , Pivovarova , cox Frolova )1981 : Baltutite , Teterina , Tereshina , Yatsenko , Makushkina , Shvetsova , Umanets , Paziun , cox Frolova )1982 : Makushkina , Konopleva , Umanets , Tereshina , Yatsenko , Studneva , Doligaida , Stone , cox Frolova )1983 : Stone , Averyanova , Konopleva , Studneva , Umanets , Tereshina , Yatsenko , Makushkina , cox Khokhlova )1985 : Pukhayeva , Zakyrova , Tereshina , Suprun , Znak , Teterina , Yatsenko , Averyanova , cox Khokhlova )1986 : Tereshina , Suprun , Sakirova , Pukhayeva , Znak , Teterina , Averyanova , Tsessiunaite , cox Khokhlova )1987 : Vîrlan , Trașcă , Țicanu , Arba , Chelariu , Necula , Homeghi , Toader , cox Oancia )1989 : Bălan , Curelea , Tănase , Soare , Chelariu , Neculai , Leonte , Armășescu , cox Oancia )1990 : Șnep , Bobeică , Burcică , Cochela , Curela , Oprea , Popescu , Ciucanu-Robu , cox Nedelcu )1991 : Barnes , Delehanty , Doey , Heddle , Mahon , McBean , Monroe , Taylor , cox Thompson )1993 : Alupei , Bobeică , Cochela , Doroftei , Ignat , Neculai , Olteanu , Tănase , cox Ilie )1994 : Haacker , Klapheck , Schmidt , Martin , Pyritz , Rehaag , Wagner , Werremeier , cox Schnell )1995 : Dore , Fallon , Fuller , Kakela , Korholz , E. McCagg , M. McCagg , Tranel-Michini , cox Farooq )1997 : Damian , Susanu , Olteanu , Cazac , Gafencu , Cochela , Ignat , Tănase , cox Georgescu )1998 : Cazac , Cochela , Damian , Dumitrache , Gafencu , Ignat , Olteanu , Susanu , cox Georgescu )1999 : Damian , Dumitrache , Ignat , Olteanu , Popescu , Spîrcu , Susanu , Bărăscu , cox Georgescu )2001 : Winter , Lutz , Wilson , Robinson , Martin , Sattin , Roberts , Larsen , cox Bilson )2002 : Johnson , Peirce , Davies , Urtasun , Marten , Cox , Mickelson , Mackenzie , cox Whipple )2003 : Hipler , Pyritz , Tucholke , Holthaus , Schmidt , Zimmermann , Günther , Wech , cox Ruppel )2005 : Outhwaite , Selby Smith , Mills , Hornsey , Martin , Chew , Frasca , Heard , cox Patrick )2006 : Sickler , Cooke , Goodale , Shoop , Mickelson , Francia , Lind , Davies , cox Whipple )2007 : Sickler , Shoop , Goodale , Magee , Mickelson , Francia , Lind , Davies , cox Whipple )2009 : Cafaro , Allen , Larsen-Strecker , Francia , Goodale , Shoop , Lind , Glessner , cox Snyder )2010 : Goodale , Polk , Redman , Ritzel , Lofgren , Logan , Musnicki , Glessner , cox Whipple )2011 : Lofgren , Francia , Musnicki , Ritzel , Redman , Polk , Lind , Logan , cox Whipple )2013 : Polk , Simmonds , Regan , Schmetterling , Luczak , Musnicki , Opitz , Lind , cox Snyder )2014 : Opitz , Musnicki , Polk , Schmetterling , Luczak , Lind , Logan , Robbins , cox Snyder )2015 : Opitz , Musnicki , Polk , Schmetterling , Regan , Simmonds , Gobbo , Robbins , cox Snyder )2017 : Vrînceanu , Bejinariu , Petrilă , Popa , Bereș , Tîlvescu , Boguș , Oprea , cox Druncea )2018 : O'Brien , Mueller , Opitz , Doonan , Moffat , Eisser , Regan , Coffey , cox Guregian )2019 : Greenslade , Dyke , Spoors , Bevan , Prendergast , Williams , Ross , Gowler , cox Shepherd )2022 : Rusu , Buhuș , Ailincăi , Tivodariu , M. Bereș , A. Bereș , Vrînceanu , Radiș , cox Petreanu )2023 : Rusu , Anghel , Adam , Buhuș , M. Bereș , Tivodariu , Vrînceanu , A. Bereș , cox Petreanu )
