Georgia Perry
{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}
{{For|the American city|Perry, Georgia}}
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Georgia Perry (born 13 August 1993) is a New Zealand rower.
Private life
Perry was born in 1993 and grew up in Horotiu north of Hamilton. She received her secondary education at St Peter's School in Cambridge. She is enrolled at the University of Waikato, studying towards a Bachelor of Media and Creative Technologies.{{cite web |title=Georgia Perry: Bachelor of Media and Creative Technologies |url= http://www.waikato.ac.nz/about/hillary/scholars/GeorgiaPerry.shtml |publisher=University of Waikato |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
Rowing career
Perry took up rowing in 2007.{{cite web |title=Georgia Perry |url=https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=3539 |publisher=Rowing New Zealand |accessdate=9 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171008232510/https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=3539 |archive-date=8 October 2017 |url-status=dead }} She had an early defining moment in 2008 when she won silver with the under 15 girls' coxed quad sculls at the Maadi Cup, held at Lake Ruataniwha that year:{{cite web |title=Results: mads2008 |url= http://rowit.nz/mads2008/results?pid=12130 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=9 October 2017}}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=Big sis inspires St Peter's sculler |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/67496257/big-sis-inspires-st-peters-sculler |accessdate=9 October 2017 |work=Waikato Times |date=25 March 2015}}
That was what started the belief that I was actually good enough to be the best in the country at something.{{cite news |last1=Bell-Jenkins |first1=Steph |title=Maadi Cup propelled Georgia Perry's rowing career |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/sport/90490776/maadi-cup-propelled-georgia-perrys-rowing-career |accessdate=9 October 2017 |work=Waikato Times |date=23 March 2017}}
In 2011, she won the U18 coxed four and the U18 coxed quad sculls at the Maadi Cup,{{cite web |title=Results: mads2011 |url= http://rowit.nz/mads2011/results?pid=12130 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=9 October 2017}} and that gained her a place with New Zealand's U18 squad that went to the World Rowing Junior Championships in August 2011 in Dorney, England. She competed with the junior women's quadruple sculls and they came ninth.{{cite web |title=(JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-junior-championships/junior-womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=9 October 2017}} In the following year, she competed at the 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam, Netherlands with the U23 women's four (Grace Prendergast was in the team) and they came fourth.{{cite web |title=(BW4-) U23 Women's Four - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-under-23-world-rowing-championships/u23-womens-four/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=9 October 2017}} In 2013, she made New Zealand's elite rowing team for the first time, and she rowed with the women's quadruple sculls at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea where they came seventh.{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2013-world-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=9 October 2017}} At the New Zealand national championships in February 2014, she won gold with the women's premier coxless quad sculls (with Zoe Stevenson, Sarah Gray, and Julia Edward).{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2014 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2014/results?pid=12130 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}} The same team again won the national championships in 2015.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2015 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2015/results?pid=12130 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}}
Internationally, she remained with the women's quadruple sculls and competed at the World Championships in 2014 (Amsterdam, fifth place) and 2015 (Aiguebelette-le-Lac, sixth place).{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2014-world-rowing-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=9 October 2017}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-championships/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
At the 2016 national championships, she won two national titles: in the women's premier coxless quad sculls (with a new team composition), and in the women's premier double sculls (with Claudia Hyde).{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2016 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2016/results?pid=12130 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}} To qualify the women's quadruple sculls for the 2016 Rio Olympics, the team had to achieve a top-two finish in May 2016 at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, but they came third.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=Three into two won't go for world champs as New Zealand rowing selection looms |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-newspapers/central-north-island/sport/sport-region-6459/77352634/Three-into-two-won-t-go-for-world-champs-as-New-Zealand-rowing-selection-looms |accessdate=9 October 2017 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=3 March 2016}}{{cite news |title=Twigg qualifies for Rio, but heartbreak for other crews |url= http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/sport/304703/twigg-qualifies-for-rio,-but-heartbreak-for-other-crews |accessdate=9 October 2017 |work=Radio New Zealand |date=25 May 2016}}{{cite web |title=(W4x) Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-fisa-european-and-final-olympic-qualification-regatta/womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=9 October 2017}}
At the 2017 national championships, Perry once again became national champion with the women's premier coxless quad sculls.{{cite web |title=Results: nzcc2017 |url= http://rowit.nz/nzcc2017/results?pid=12130 |publisher=rowIT Ltd |accessdate=14 October 2017}} She won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida.{{cite web |title=Georgia Perry |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/41953/perry-georgia |publisher=International Rowing Federation |accessdate=8 October 2017}}
Major results
;2020
::2nd Time trial, National Championships
;2022
::4th Time trial, National Championships
;2023
: National Championships
::1st 20px Time trial
::2nd Road race
References
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Category:People educated at St Peter's School, Cambridge
Category:New Zealand female rowers
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand