Juliette Haigh

{{short description|New Zealand rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox sportsperson

| name = Juliette Haigh

| image = Juliette Haigh 2008 (cropped).jpg

| alt =

| caption = Haigh in 2008

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|8|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Auckland, New Zealand

| spouse = Mahé Drysdale

|medaltemplates={{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZ}} }}

{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}

{{MedalBronze|2012 London|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Gifu|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Karapiro|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold| 2011 Lake Bled | Coxless pair}}

{{MedalSilver|2006 Eton|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalCompetition|World Rowing Cup}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Lucerne|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold|2005 Munich|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold|2007 Lucerne|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Lucerne|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalGold|2010 Munich|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalSilver|2007 Amsterdam|Coxless pair}}

{{MedalSilver|2008 Poznan|Coxless pair}}

}}

Juliette Anne Haigh (born 4 August 1982), also known by her married name Juliette Drysdale but better known by her maiden name, is a retired professional rower.

Haigh was born in 1982 in Auckland, New Zealand. Her parents are Penny and John Haigh.{{cite journal |last1=Bertrand |first1=Kelly |title=Celebrity wedding: Mahe & Juliette Drysdale |journal=New Zealand Woman's Weekly |date=23 September 2013 |url=http://www.womensweekly.co.nz/relationships/love-and-sex/people-reveal-what-happened-when-they-went-through-with-a-marriage-pact-19707?viewMode=articlelist |access-date=5 July 2016}} She knew that she wanted to compete at Olympic Games as a child but had not chosen a sport yet. She started rowing while she attended Takapuna Grammar School.{{cite web|title=Juliette Drysdale (née Haigh)|url=http://www.olympic.org.nz/assets/Uploads/NZOC-Ambassador-Profile-juliette-Haigh-final.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160216171641/http://www.olympic.org.nz/assets/Uploads/NZOC-Ambassador-Profile-juliette-Haigh-final.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 February 2016|publisher=New Zealand Olympic Committee|access-date=5 July 2016}} Haigh has studied public relations at the University of Auckland, the University of Waikato, and Massey University.

File:NZ W2- (5178800166).jpg, after winning gold in the women's coxless pair at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro]]

Haigh was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 with Nicky Coles, then returned to the event after a year out and partnered Rebecca Scown in the boat. She won a gold medal in the women's pair at the World Rowing Cup regatta in Lucerne, 2010World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324887 Racing for the top at Lucerne World Rowing Cup] Published 11 July 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2010. and followed this by winning the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Lake Karapiro.BBC News [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/rowing/9163435.stm GB women's pair storm to silver at world championships] Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.World Rowing [http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/media/media_detail.php?mediacenterid=8&imgnum=6&mdatype=1&searchKwd=&searchFrom=&searchTo=&cat=&subcat=&subcat2=&page=0 The New Zealand Women's Pairs] Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010.Sportal NZ [http://sportal.co.nz/other-sports-news-display/scown-and-haigh-dominant-101636] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101108103342/http://sportal.co.nz/other-sports-news-display/scown-and-haigh-dominant-101636 |date=8 November 2010 }} Published 6 November 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2010. Haigh and Scown won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the same event.{{cite web|title=Bronze for NZ women's pair |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/olympics-2012/bond-murray-dominant-once-more-5001428|publisher=tvnz.co.nz |access-date=2 August 2012}} Haigh officially announced her retirement from competitive rowing on 2 December 2012.{{cite news |last1=Hinton |first1=Marc |title=Bronze medal-winner Haigh calls it a career |url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/other-sports/8024585/Bronze-medal-winner-Haigh-calls-it-a-career |access-date=5 July 2016 |publisher=Stuff |date=2 December 2012}}

After having been together for six years, Haigh got engaged to fellow New Zealand rower Mahé Drysdale in 2013. They first met in 2001 when they were both members of Auckland's West End Rowing Club. They became close friends and later flatted together.{{cite journal |last1=Bertrand |first1=Kelly |title=We're engaged: Mahe Drysdale & Juliette Haigh |journal=New Zealand Woman's Weekly |date=6 May 2013 |url=http://www.nzwomansweekly.co.nz/celebrity/were-engaged/ |access-date=5 July 2016}} They married later in 2013 and spent their honeymoon on Mahé in the Seychelles; her husband is named for the island but had never been there before. The Drysdales had a girl in October 2014,{{cite news |last1=Maas |first1=Amy |title=Oarsome baby girl |url=http://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11337121 |access-date=5 July 2016 |work=The New Zealand Herald |date=5 October 2014}} they also have a son and another daughter.https://www.magzter.com/stories/Womens-Interest/Womans-Day-Magazine-NZ/Mah-Drysdales-emotional-farewell-MY-FAMILY-JOY-OLYMPIC-HEARTACHE, {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}} They live on a farm in Cambridge.

Since retiring from rowing, Drysdale serves as a trustee on the New Zealand Rowing Foundation Board,{{cite web | url=https://www.nzrowingfoundation.co.nz/page/trustees/ | title=Trustees }} is a writer for Newsroom's LockerRoom {{cite web | url=https://newsroom.co.nz/author/juliette-drysdale/ | title=Juliette Drysdale | date=14 August 2018 }} and is an accomplished photographer.