Louise Ayling

{{short description|New Zealand rower}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2017}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=September 2016}}

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| image = LW1x final (5178827798).jpg

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| caption = Ayling (foreground) on her way to silver in 2010

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|10|23|df=y}}

| birth_place = Invercargill, New Zealand

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{{MedalSport | Women's rowing }}

{{MedalCountry | {{NZL}} }}

{{MedalCompetition | World Championships }}

{{MedalSilver | 2010 Karapiro | LW1x }}

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Louise Ayling (born 23 October 1987 in Invercargill) is a New Zealand rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she competed in the women's lightweight double sculls with Julia Edward.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ay/louise-ayling-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418113309/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ay/louise-ayling-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=18 April 2020|title=Louise Ayling|access-date=13 May 2017}} She won the silver medal in the lightweight single sculls on home water at Karapiro at the 2010 World Championships and now teaches at Meadowbank School in Auckland Remuera.{{Cite web|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2010-world-championships/lightweight-womens-single-sculls/final/|title=2010 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Karapiro, NZL – (LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls – Final|date=7 November 2010|website=World Rowing|access-date=13 May 2017}}