Hannah Scott (rower)
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| Full name | Hannah Elizabeth Scott | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British, Northern Irish | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 June 1999 Coleraine, Northern Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bann Rowing Club Princeton University Leander Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Geoff Bones Lori Dauphiny Lauren Fisher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Hannah Elizabeth Scott MBE (born 18 June 1999) is a rower from Coleraine, Northern Ireland. Scott has received three medals from the European Rowing Championships between 2021 and 2024 in the quadruple sculls. At the World Rowing U23 Championships, she was second in the pairs event during 2018 and third in women's eight during 2019. Her quadruple sculls team were first at the 2023 World Rowing Championships and the 2024 Summer Olympics. With her Olympics victory, "Scott [was] the first female gold medallist from Northern Ireland since ... 1972."[1] Scott became a Member of the Order of the British Empire during 2025.
Scott's birth occurred in Coleraine, Northern Ireland on 18 June 1999.[2] She attended D.H. Christie Memorial Primary School.[3] She became interested in rowing during her teenage years.[4] At the Irish Indoor Rowing Championship, she won the WJ16 division in 2015 and the WJ18 division during 2017.[5][6]
As an Irish Rowing Championships competitor, she won five medals in 2015. These included gold in the coxless four and silver in the double scull.[7] The following year, she was second during the double scull and third in the eight.[8] Scott was their Junior Single Sculls winner during 2017.[9] Scott rowed at Princeton University during the late 2010s.[10]
In part fulfilment of her degree course, she chose to write a dissertation on how Brexit affected people in Northern Ireland: "The main driver for bringing us back together was sport", she observed.[11]
Career
As a World Rowing U23 Championships competitor, Scott and Heidi Long were second in the Pairs event during 2018.[12] She was one of the women's eight competitors that finished second at the following edition.[13] Scott was selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics.[14] She competed in the quadruple sculls with Great Britain during the Olympics and finished in seventh.[15]
During the 2021 European Rowing Championships, Scott won a silver medal in the quadruple sculls in Varese, Italy.[16] She entered the single sculls event at the 2022 World Rowing Championships and was fifth.[17] This was followed by a bronze medal at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in quadruple sculls.[18]
At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the gold medal in the quadruple sculls with Lauren Henry, Georgina Brayshaw and Lola Anderson.[19] In this division, they were first during the 2024 European Rowing Championships.[20] The team went on to win the gold medal in the quadruple sculls at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[21] This made "Scott ... the first female gold medallist from Northern Ireland since ... 1972."[22]
