Holly Norton
South African–British rower (born 1993)
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Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South African–British rower.
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| Born | 1 January 1993 (age 33) Harare, Zimbabwe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Johannesburg, South Africa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | BSc Psychology from Ohio State University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Biography
Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Holly's family moved to South Africa in 2003. It was at St Stithians Girl's College that she first took up rowing.[1]
She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Rebecca Chin, Karen Bennett and Lucinda Gooderham.[2] She won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2016 World Rowing Championships with Donna Etiebet, Holly Nixon and Fiona Gammond.[3]
Norton formerly represented South Africa as a junior rower.[4] She rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and helped the team to three consecutive NCAA national championship titles in 2013, 2014 and 2015.[5] She currently rows for the Leander Club.[6]
