Cara Grzeskowiak
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 September 1995 (age 29) |
| Years active | 2014-current |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Capital Lakes Rowing Club |
Cara Grzeskowiak (born 17 September 1995) is an Australian representative rower. She is a four-time Australian underage national champion and a 2019 senior national champion. In 2019 she won a bronze medal at a World Rowing Cup.
Club and state rowing
[edit]Grzeskowiak grew up in Canberra and her senior club rowing has been from the Capital Lakes Rowing Club in the Australian Capital Territory.[1]
Grzeskowiak's first state selection for the ACT was in 2014 in the women's youth eight contesting the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[2] In 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2019 she was the ACT's representative single sculler selected to contest the Nell Slatter Trophy at the Interstate Regatta.[3][4]
Grzeskowiak raced in Capital Lakes colours in composite Canberra crews contesting the U23 double and quad scull events at the 2014 Australian Rowing Championships.[5] In 2015 she won the U23 women's quad scull and double scull Australian championships and placed second in the U23 single scull title.[6] In 2016 she repeated those three results in those same three U23 national sculling titles.[7]
In 2018 she contested the open single sculls title placing fourth and the open double scull with Harriet Hudson for a third place.[8] In 2019 she placed third in the Australian open women's single scull championship, won the open women's double scull with Fiona Ewing and contested the open's women's quad scull title in a composite crew.[9]
International representative rowing
[edit]Grzeskowiak made her Australian representative debut at the 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships in Rotterdam for which she was selected as Australia's single sculler. She made the A final and finished in fifth place.[10]
In 2019 Grzeskowiak was selected in the Australian senior women's quad scull with Katrina Bateman, Rowena Meredith and Fiona Ewing. They rowed to a fourth place at the World Rowing Cup II in Poznan and then to a bronze medal win at WRC III in Rotterdam.[10] In that same crew Grzeskowiak was selected to race Australia's quad scull at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Linz, Austria.[11] The quad were looking for a top eight finish at the 2019 World Championships to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics.[12] They placed fourth in the B-final for an overall tenth place finish and failed to qualify the boat for Tokyo 2020.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Grzeskowiak at Rowing Australia". Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2014 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2015 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 6 June 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2014 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2015 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2016 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 17 April 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2018 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 11 January 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 Australian Championships". Archived from the original on 10 January 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Grzeskowiak at World Rowing". Archived from the original on 24 October 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
- ^ "2019 WRC entry list" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 23 August 2019. Retrieved 23 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 World Championship selections". Archived from the original on 25 March 2022. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
External links
[edit]- Cara Grzeskowiak at World Rowing
- Cara Grzeskowiak at Rowing Australia (archived)
