Jean Mitchell (rower)
{{short description|Australian rower}}
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{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Jean Mitchell
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|12|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| hometown = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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| height = 173 cm
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| country = Australia
| sport = Rowing
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| club = Melbourne University Boat Club
| coach = Tom Westgarth
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Jean Mitchell (born 17 December 1999) is an Australian representative sweep-oar rower. She is an Australian national champion, has represented at senior World Championships and won a gold medal at the 2022 World Rowing Cup.
Club and state rowing
Mitchell was raised in Melbourne and attended Ruyton Girls' School where she took up rowing. She is a brain cancer survivor. Her senior club rowing has been from the Melbourne University Boat Club{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/athleteprofile/jean-mitchell/ |title=Mitchell at Rowing Australia |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=24 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924075709/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/athleteprofile/jean-mitchell/ |url-status=live }}
At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships she won the open coxless four national title in an all MUBC crew.[https://rowingmanager.com/?regatta;file=18569 2023 Australian Championships]
She rowed in the Victorian women's eight to a Queen's Cup victory at the 2022 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.
International representative rowing
In March 2022, Mitchell was selected in the Australian training squad to prepare for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.{{Cite web |url=https://rowingaustralia.com.au/scullers-secure-three-semi-finals-slots-at-the-2022-world-rowing-championships/ |title=2022 Australian Team announcements |access-date=24 September 2022 |archive-date=23 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220923123131/https://rowingaustralia.com.au/scullers-secure-three-semi-finals-slots-at-the-2022-world-rowing-championships/ |url-status=dead}} She rowed in the Australian women's eight at the World Rowing Cups II in Poznann to a bronze medal.[https://worldrowing.com/athlete/jean-mitchell?id=57112 Mitchell at World Rowing] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, she was again in the Australian women's senior eight. They made the A final and finished in fifth place.
Personal life
Mitchell currently studies a Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) at Deakin University.{{cite web |title=The 2024 Paris Olympics start this week! Meet the Deakin students representing Australia |url=https://blogs.deakin.edu.au/deakinlife/2024/07/23/the-2024-paris-olympics-start-this-week-meet-the-deakin-students-representing-australia/ |website=Deakin Life |date=23 July 2024 |publisher=Deakin University |access-date=29 August 2024}}
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing|57112}}
- {{Rowing Australia|jean-mitchell}}
- {{AOC profile}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20241007090829/https://www.olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/jean-mitchell_1945669 Jean Mitchell] at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, [https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/jean-mitchell_1945669 alternate link])
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Category:Australian female rowers
Category:Olympic rowers for Australia
Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:People educated at Ruyton Girls' School