Bronwen Watson
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| Nickname(s) | Bron | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
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23 February 1977 Milton, New South Wales, Australia |
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| Height | 168 cm (66 in) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 57 kg (126 lb) (2012) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2003, 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Bronwen Watson (born 23 February 1977) is an Australian two time World Champion rower and former Olympian.
Watson was born in Milton, New South Wales. Her father David is an Olympian, who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in road cycling. She attended Heathcote High School. As of 2012[update], she lives in Sydney where she works as an executive assistant at the University of Sydney.
Watson competed in the lightweight category and had most success in Double and Quad sculls. She was coached by Phil Bourguignon, and rowed from the Sydney University Boat Club. She held a rowing scholarship with the New South Wales Institute of Sport.
At the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan, Watson won a bronze medal in the women's lightweight quad scull. She had to compete to earn her spot in the Australian quad crew for the 2003 World Championships, with five women trying to earn four spots. Following the competition, she retired from rowing for the first time.
Watson came out of retirement in 2005 to be a social rower in England, and to compete the 2005 Women's and Royal Henley. Following this, she moved back to Australia and took a position as a girls high school rowing coach. At the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich, she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight quad scull.
At the 2008 World Rowing Championships in Linz/Ottensheim, Austria she won her second world title and gold medal in the women's lightweight quad scull. In 2009, she competed at for the third time at World Championships this time in the women's lightweight double scull with partner Alice McNamara. Her boat qualified for the finals, finishing third in the semi-finals. She competed in the 2010 Australian National Rowing Championships. In April 2010, she announced her retirement from the sport. She came out of retirement in September 2010 to compete in the New Zealand hosted Great Race, where she rowed for Sydney University in the Bryan Gould Cup. She continued rowing with a goal of making the 2012 Summer Olympics.
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