Cara Grzeskowiak
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| 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.
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]
