Fiona Bourke
{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Fiona Bourke
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| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|16 October 1988}}
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{{MedalSport| Women's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Amsterdam|W2x}}
{{MedalSilver|2013 Chungju|W2x}}
{{MedalBronze|2011 Bled|W4x}}
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Fiona Bourke (born 16 October 1988, Dannevirke) is a New Zealand rower.{{cite web |url= http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bourke-fiona-1125199/ |title= Fiona Bourke |website= London2012.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130501054120/http://www.london2012.com/athlete/bourke-fiona-1125199/ |archive-date= 1 May 2013}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/fi-bourke-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418093315/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/bo/fi-bourke-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Fi Bourke Bio, Stats, and Results|website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|language=en|access-date=23 September 2017}} She won the 2014 World Championship in the women's double sculls with Zoe Stevenson, having won the silver medal in the same team the year before.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/kiwis-back-top-the-women-double-sculls|title=Kiwis back on top – the women’s double sculls - worldrowing.com|website=www.worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=23 September 2017}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-world-championships/womens-double-sculls/final/|title=2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Chungju, KOR – (W2x) Women's Double Sculls – Final|date=1 September 2013|website=www.worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=23 September 2017}} At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the Women's quadruple sculls.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/2012/athletes/31a443a8-68f4-457b-b14c-308a0ee34bc8|title=Fiona Bourke|publisher=BBC Sport|access-date=8 September 2012}} She was also part of the New Zealand women's quadruple sculls team that won bronze at the 2011 World Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/|title=2011 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Bled, SLO -(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final|date=1 September 2011|website=www.worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=23 September 2017}} Bourke only took up rowing when she started university in 2007, at the University of Otago.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/news/otago-university|title=Otago University - developing the world's best - worldrowing.com|website=www.worldrowing.com|language=en-US|access-date=23 September 2017}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{2012 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{World champions – Women's double sculls}}
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Category:New Zealand female rowers
Category:Olympic rowers for New Zealand
Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand
Category:Sportspeople from Dannevirke
Category:University of Otago alumni
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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