Julia Edward
{{Short description|New Zealand rower}}
{{for|the dime novel author writing under a similar pseudonym|John R. Coryell}}
{{use dmy dates|date=August 2016}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2016}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Julia Edward
| image = Julia Edward New Zealand Rowing.jpg
| caption = Edward in 2013
| nationality = New Zealand
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1991|02|20|df=y}}
| birth_place =
| residence =
| height =
| weight = {{convert|57|kg|lb|abbr=on}}
| education = Rotorua Girls' High School{{cite web |title= Julia Edward |url= http://www.schoolrowing.org.nz/nzssra.php?page=392&rs=mad07&pid=10359&cn=rotg |publisher= New Zealand Secondary School Rowing Association |access-date= 19 March 2016}}
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{NZL}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2014 Amsterdam | Lwt double scull}}
{{MedalGold|2015 Aiguebelette| Lwt double scull}}
{{MedalCompetition|World U23 Championships}}
{{MedalSilver |2010 Brest| U23 lwt double scull}}
{{MedalBronze |2011 Amsterdam| U23 lwt double scull}}
}}
Julia Edward (born 20 February 1991) is a New Zealand rower, a two time world champion in the women's lightweight double sculls.{{cite web |title=Julia Edward |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/38093/edward-julia |publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-date=5 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305215445/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/38093/edward-julia |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Julia Edward |url=https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=11068 |publisher=Rowing New Zealand |access-date=19 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304195200/https://www.rowingnz.kiwi/Person?Action=Profile&Person_id=11068 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}
Career
In 2010, she won silver in the lightweight double sculls at the U23 world championships with Lucy Strack.{{Cite web|title=2010 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Brest, BLR - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2010-under-23-world-rowing-championships/u23-lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/|access-date=19 September 2020|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}} A year later, she won bronze in the same event with Alyce Pulford.{{Cite web|title=2011 UNDER 23 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS - Amsterdam, NED - (BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-under-23-world-rowing-championships/u23-lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/|access-date=19 September 2020|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}} She competed with Louise Ayling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web|title=2012 OLYMPIC GAMES - London, GBR - (LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2012-olympic-games/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/|access-date=19 September 2020|website=worldrowing.com|language=en-US}}
Together with Sophie MacKenzie, she was world champion in the lightweight double scull for two years in a row; first at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, and then at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-championships/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/ |title=Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final |access-date=4 October 2015 |publisher= FISA}}
The 2016 rowing year did not start out that successful for Edward and MacKenzie, and at both World Rowing Cups that New Zealand attended that year, they came third, beaten by different nations at those regattas.{{cite news |last1=Gilhooly |first1=Daniel |title=Rio Olympics 2016: NZ women's pair claim silver medal, lightweight double miss out |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/olympics/83132932/rio-olympics-2016-nz-womens-lightweight-double-scullers-miss-out-on-medals |access-date=14 October 2017 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=13 August 2016}}{{cite web |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-world-rowing-cup-ii/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/ |title=(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final | publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=15 October 2017}}{{cite web |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-world-rowing-cup-iii/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/ |title=(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final | publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=15 October 2017}} When they competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro later that year, they came fourth in the lightweight double sculls,{{cite web |url= http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-olympic-games-regatta/lightweight-womens-double-sculls/final/ |title=(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final | publisher=International Rowing Federation |access-date=14 October 2017}} which was disappointing to them. Some time after the Olympics, they both announced that they would take a year off rowing.{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |last2=Anderson |first2=Ian |title=MacKenzie decides to take a break |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/sport/84682979/mackenzie-decides-to-take-a-break |access-date=14 October 2017 |work=The Marlborough Express |date=26 September 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |title=MacKenzie takes time out after Olympic bid |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/sport/83739420/MacKenzie-takes-time-out-after-Olympic-bid |access-date=15 October 2017 |work=The Marlborough Express |date=31 August 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=Rowing NZ's summer squad: World champion lightweights among notable absences |url= http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/84667338/world-champion-lightweights-among-notable-absences-in-rowing-nzs-summer-squad |access-date=15 October 2017 |work=Stuff.co.nz |date=26 September 2016}} Both will also take the 2018 rowing season off, but neither has announced their retirement.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Ian |title=World champions remain absent |url= https://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/95592913/swag-of-world-champions-still-absent-from-rowing-new-zealand-elite-training-squad |access-date=24 November 2017 |work=The Press |date=23 November 2017 |page=B8}}
References
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External links
- {{World Rowing}}
- {{NZOC profile}}
- {{Olympics.com}}
- {{Olympedia}}
{{2012 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{2016 New Zealand Olympic team}}
{{World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls}}
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Category:New Zealand female rowers
Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic rowers for New Zealand
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand
Category:Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Category:Massey University alumni
Category:People educated at Rotorua Girls' High School
Category:21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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