Jaimee Lovett

{{Short description|New Zealand canoeist}}

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Jaimee Lovett (born 5 May 1988,{{cite web|url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jaimee-lovett |title=Jaimee Lovett |year=2016 |website=Rio2016 |access-date=14 August 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806063616/https://www.rio2016.com/en/athlete/jaimee-lovett |archive-date= 6 August 2016 }} in Whakatāne) is a New Zealand canoeist.

Career

She represented New Zealand at the 2016 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/jaimee-lovett|title=Jaimee Lovett - New Zealand Olympic Team|date=9 February 2016|access-date=9 August 2016}} She competed alongside Caitlin Ryan, Kayla Imrie and Aimee Fisher in the Women's K-4 500 metres event. After having trained together for just 18 months, the young crew achieved a fifth place in the medal race.{{cite news |title=Rio Olympics 2016: Kiwi kayak quartet finish fifth |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/olympics/news/article.cfm?c_id=502&objectid=11698051 |access-date=21 August 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=21 August 2016}}

Personal life

Of Māori descent, Lovett affiliates to Waikato Tainui and Ngāti Raukawa.{{cite news | url=http://tvnz.co.nz/te-karere-news/43-m-ori-athletes-head-rio-olympics-6485449 | title=43 Māori athletes to head to Rio Olympics | date=5 August 2016 | work=Te Karere | access-date=12 August 2016}}

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