Grace Prendergast

Grace Prendergast
MNZM
	Prendergast in 2022
Personal information
Born	30 June 1992 (age 32); Christchurch, New Zealand
Education	Villa Maria College; Queens' College, Cambridge;
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	74 kg (163 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Event(s)	Coxless pair, Coxless four, Eight
Club	Avon Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing New Zealand
Olympic Games
World Championships

Grace Elizabeth Prendergast MNZM (born 30 June 1992) is a former New Zealand sweep rower. She is a 15-time national champion in the premier category, an Olympic champion, a five-time world champion and the current (2022) world champion in the coxless pair. She grew up in Christchurch, where she started rowing for the Avon Rowing Club in 2007. She competed at the Tokyo Olympics in two boat classes and won gold in the coxless pair and a silver in the eight and set a new world's best time in the pair. Various parties, including the World Rowing Federation, expected her to win medals in Tokyo. She was the highest ranked female rower in the world twice in a row in 2019 and 2021.^[a] Since 2014, her rowing partner in the coxless pair has been Kerri Gowler.^[b] Prendergast is also a Boat Race winner, having competed as part of Cambridge University Boat Club's (CUBC) women's crew in 2022. She retired from professional rowing in October 2022.

^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Olympedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Kerri Gowler marriage". Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).

[Olympedia-1] Cite error: The named reference Olympedia was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] "Kerri Gowler marriage". Aramoho Whanganui Rowing Club. 28 March 2022. Retrieved 28 October 2022.

[1]

[a]

[b]