Georgia Groen
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Georgia Groen is a New Zealand barefoot water-skier. In 2016, she won the overall open women's title at the Barefoot Waterski World Championships held in Wisconsin, United States.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/kapiti-news/sport/news/article.cfm?c_id=1504004&objectid=11722282|title=Barefoot skier Georgia Groen is a world champion|last=Haxton|first=David|date=4 October 2016|newspaper=New Zealand Herald|language=en-NZ|issn=1170-0777|access-date=4 October 2016}}
Biography
Groen grew up in the North Island town of Ōtaki, where she attended Kāpiti College.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allteams.co.nz/small-gallery-article/georgia-groen-barefoot-world-champion/97910/319509/|title=Georgia Groen Barefoot world champion|website=www.allteams.co.nz|access-date=4 October 2016}} In 2013, she moved to Christchurch to study at the University of Canterbury.
= Competitions =
Groen competed in her first event at the age of 8,{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldbarefootcenter.com/barefootblog/georgia-groen-featured-footer|title=Georgia Groen, Featured Footer « World Barefoot Center|website=www.worldbarefootcenter.com|access-date=4 October 2016}} and her first world championship event at the age of 12, in 2009. In 2013, she attended the Barefoot Waterski World Championships in Mulwala, Australia, and won silver in the overall open women's section.{{Cite web|url=http://dh.canterbury.ac.nz/the-record/2014/04/13/uc-student-scoops-gold-at-world-champs/|title=UC student scoops gold at world champs|website=dh.canterbury.ac.nz|access-date=4 October 2016}}
In the 2016 championship, Groen won the overall open women's title, and also her third consecutive open world trick title, silver in open slalom, silver in open jump and a bronze in the open team overall event.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/84846429/georgia-groen-becomes-first-kiwi-to-win-overall-barefoot-waterskiing-world-title|title=Barefoot Kiwi top of water world|website=Stuff|access-date=4 October 2016}}
= Awards =
In 2011, Groen won the Kāpiti Emerging Sportsperson of the Year Award,{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapiti-observer/4980537/Blind-cyclist-cleans-up-awards|title=Blind cyclist cleans up awards|last=Strang|first=Ben|date=9 May 2011|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|language=English|access-date=4 October 2016}} and the Sportsperson of the Year in 2012.{{Cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/news/local-papers/kapiti-observer/6869866/Skater-breaks-man-drought|title=Skater breaks man drought|last=Strang|first=Ben|date=6 May 2012|newspaper=Stuff.co.nz|language=English|access-date=4 October 2016}}
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Category:21st-century New Zealand people
Category:Sportspeople from Ōtaki, New Zealand
Category:Sportspeople from the Kāpiti Coast District
Category:People educated at Kāpiti College
Category:New Zealand water skiers
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