Peta White

Peta White (born 1 Oct 1991) is an Australian former rower. She was a junior world champion and won silver medals at U23 and senior World Rowing Championships.

Peta White

Personal information
Born	1 October 1991
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Rowing
Club	Torrens Rowing Club
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Australia World Rowing Championships 2011 Bled W4- U23 World Rowing Championships 2010 Brest BW4- Junior World Rowing Championships 2009 Paris JW4-

Club and state rowing

White's senior club rowing was from the Torrens Rowing Club in Adelaide.

White first made state selection for South Australia still aged sixteen in the youth eight who finished last in the race for the Bicentennial Cup at the 2008 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] She rowed again in South Australian youth eights in 2009 (third place), 2010 (fourth place) and 2011 (second place).[2]

In 2013 and 2014 she made the South Australian senior women's eight competing for the Queen's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[3]

International representative rowing

White made her Australian representative debut aged eighteen at the 2009 Junior World Rowing Championships in Paris where she raced in a coxless four to a junior world championship gold medal.[4] In 2010 White was selected in a coxless four which contested the U23 World Rowing Championships in Brest and rowed to a silver medal.[4]

In 2011 White rowed at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam and at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled in two different Australian coxless fours. In Amsterdam the U23 four placed fourth but at the World Championships in Bled with Renee Chatterton, Pauline Frasca and Kate Hornsey in the coxless four, White brought home a silver medal.[4]

In 2013 White again double up at both U23 World Rowing Championships and the 2013 World Rowing Championships this time in the women's eight. The U23 eight finished in fourth place in Linz and the senior eight, with White in the three seat in Chungju finished in overall fifth place. It was White's final Australian representative appearance.[4]

References

1. "2008 Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
2. "2010 Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 18 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
3. "Interstate Championships - Australian Rowing History". rowinghistory-aus.info. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 25 July 2018.
4. "Peta WHITE". worldrowing.com. Retrieved 25 July 2018.

• Peta White at FISA WorldRowing.com