Ashlee Rowe

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Ashlee Rowe (born 3 December 1992) is a New Zealand rower.

Rowe is originally from Perth in Western Australia, where she was a member of the Swan River Rowing Club.{{cite web |title=Elite Achievement |url= http://www.srrc.org.au/rowing-program/elite-achievement/ |publisher=Swan River Rowing Club |accessdate=9 October 2017}} She used to train on the Canning River, a tributary to the Swan River. She took up rowing in 2008 aged 15 and was a member of the Western Australian U21 rowing team.{{cite news |title=Ashlee Rowe |url= https://www.bodygenius.com.au/ashlee-rowe/ |accessdate=8 October 2017|work=Body Genius}} Rowe competed at the New Zealand national championships in 2008 and rowed with the women's novice eight; they took out the championship that year.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2008 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2008/results?pid=12179 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}}

Rowe relocated to New Zealand for better elite rowing opportunities. Based in Auckland, she is a member of the North Shore Rowing Club, and she trains at the Auckland Rowing Performance Centre (ARPC).{{cite news |title=2017 New Zealand rowing crews revealed |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11810640 |accessdate=8 October 2017 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=2 March 2017}} At the 2012 New Zealand national championships, she won bronze with the women's senior coxless quad sculls, and bronze with the women's senior eight.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2012 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2012/results?pid=12179 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}} At the 2014 nationals, she won silver with the women's U22 eight, and bronze with both the women's U22 coxless pair oars and the women's premier eight.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2014 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2014/results?pid=12179 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}}

Rowe was accepted into New Zealand's U23 squad in 2014. At the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, Rowe was part of the U23 women's quadruple sculls team that won bronze.{{cite web |title=(BW4x) U23 Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2014-world-rowing-u23-championships/u23-womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=8 October 2017}} At the 2015 national championships, she won gold with the women's premier coxless four in a team with Kelsey Bevan, Christie Davis, and Kayla Pratt.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2015 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2015/results?pid=12179 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}} During the 2015 season, she was a reserve for the national U23 quad and rowed at the two World Rowing Cups that were contested by New Zealand that year.{{cite web| title=Ashlee Rowe |url= https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=8317 |publisher=Rowing New Zealand |accessdate=8 October 2017}} In 2016, she was a reserve at the final Olympic Games Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. At the 2016 nationals, she won a bronze with both the women's premier coxless four and the women's premier eight.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2016 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2016/results?pid=12179 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}}

At the 2017 nationals, she won silver in the women's premier coxless four, and bronze in the women's premier eight.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2017 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2017/results?pid=12179 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}} Rowe made the crew for New Zealand's women's eight in 2017. The team made history with their gold medal at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II, as it was the first time in elite rowing following a recent rule change that a male coxswain—Sam Bosworth—won with a female team.{{cite web |title=(W8+) Women's Eight - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2017-world-rowing-cup-ii/womens-eight/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=8 October 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Caldwell |first1=Olivia |title=History-maker: Sam's the man for Kiwi women's rowing crew |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/94905701/sams-the-man-for-kiwi-womens-crew--canterbury-cox-sam-bosworth-creates-rowing-history |accessdate=7 October 2017 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=20 July 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Leggat |first1=David |title=Sam Bosworth dipping into fresh rowing territory |url= http://www.nzherald.co.nz/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=11915975 |accessdate=8 October 2017 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=2 September 2017}} At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, she won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight.{{cite web |title=Ashlee Rowe |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/45228/rowe-ashlee |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=8 October 2017}}