Zoe McBride

Zoe McBride (born 27 September 1995) is a New Zealand rower.[2] She is a double world champion in the women's lightweight single scull. She is only the second New Zealand rower to win a double national championship in both the lightweight and premier single sculls.

Zoe McBride

McBride in September 2015
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1995-09-27) 27 September 1995[1] Nelson, New Zealand
Residence	Cambridge, New Zealand
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)[1]
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)[1]
Sport
Country	New Zealand
Sport	Rowing
Event(s)	Lightweight single sculls, Lightweight double sculls
Club	Nelson[1]
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  New Zealand World Championships 2015 Aiguebelette Lwt single sculls 2016 Rotterdam Lwt single sculls 2019 Ottensheim Lwt double sculls 2017 Sarasota Lwt double sculls World Championships (U23) 2014 Varese Lwt double sculls 2015 Plovdiv Lwt double sculls World Championships (junior) 2012 Plovdiv Quadruple sculls

Early life and education

McBride was born in 1995 in Nelson, where she attended St Joseph's School.[3] She and her family moved to Dunedin when she was 13,[3] where her father Dene McBride works at Port Otago Ltd.[4] She attended Kavanagh College from where she graduated in 2013.[5] She currently lives in Cambridge and is a part-time student at Massey University.[3]

Rowing

McBride took up rowing in 2009.[6] She was an outstanding competitor in the Maadi Cup, the annual New Zealand secondary schools rowing regatta, where she won three gold medals each in 2011 and 2012, and four gold medals in 2013.[5] McBride first represented New Zealand at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2012 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where she gained a bronze medal with the quadruple sculls (with Nathalie Hill, Ruby Tew, and Hannah Osborne).[7] She then represented New Zealand at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 2013 in Trakai, Lithuania, and in the months before the competition, she trained at Lake Karapiro while attending St Peter's School in nearby Cambridge.[8] She competed in the junior women's quad scull and the team came fifth in the final.[9] She represented New Zealand at the World Rowing U23 Championships in 2014 in Varese, Italy, in the lightweight double sculls with Sophie MacKenzie, where they won gold.[10]

For the 2014 year, McBride was a finalist in the Halberg Awards in the 'Emerging Talent Award' category.[11]

At the second regatta of the 2015 World Rowing Cup held in Varese, McBride broke Constanța Burcică's 1994 world best time by over 3.5 seconds in the semi-final of the lightweight single scull.[12] McBride won the final, beating Brazil's Fabiana Beltrame.[13] At the World Rowing U23 Championships in 2015 in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, she won the U23 lightweight double scull with Jackie Kiddle, setting a new world best time.[14] McBride won a gold medal at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in the lightweight single scull[15] and repeated the feat at the 2016 World Rowing Championships.[16] She is a member of the Nelson Rowing Club.[3]

At the 2017 New Zealand rowing nationals at Lake Ruataniwha, she became national champion in both the lightweight and premier open single sculls. She is the second New Zealand rower to achieve this feat, with the previous double taken by Philippa Baker in the 1987–88 season.[17] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, she won a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls partnered with Jackie Kiddle.[18] At the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, McBride and Kiddle came sixth in the lightweight double sculls.[19]

References

1. "Zoe McBride". World Rowing. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
2. "Zoe McBride". Rowing New Zealand. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
3. Rollo, Phillip (27 February 2015). "McBride unsure where she fits in". The Nelson Mail. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
4. Wishart, Melissa (22 March 2013). "Zoe McBride and Hannah Duggan win U18 double for Kavanagh". The Waikato Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
5. McMurran, Alistair (25 March 2013). "Rowing: McBride, Parnell, Kavanagh standouts for Otago". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
6. Wishart, Melissa (15 March 2013). "Zoe McBride competes in final Maadi Cup Regatta". The Waikato Independent. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
7. Alexander, John (20 August 2012). "Murray wins gold at junior worlds". The Marlborough Express. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
8. McMurran, Alistair (29 May 2013). "Rowing: College honours NZ rowing reps". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
9. "(JW4x) Junior Women's Quadruple Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
10. Jones, Peter (28 July 2014). "Marlborough's MacKenzie, Murray pick up world titles". The Marlborough Express. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
11. "Halberg Awards: Finalists announced". The New Zealand Herald. 7 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
12. Anderson, Ian (21 June 2015). "Kiwi sculler Zoe McBride sets new world's best time at World Cup regatta in Italy". stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
13. "Another golden day for NZ rowing team". The New Zealand Herald. 22 June 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
14. "Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle produce record time at world under-23 rowing champs". Stuff.co.nz. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
15. Anderson, Ian (5 September 2015). "Kiwi lightweight rowers grab sensational double gold at world champs". Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
16. "(LW1x) Lightweight Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 August 2016.
17. Piddington, Stu (18 February 2017). "McBride joins special club at rowing nationals". The Press. p. B7. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
18. "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
19. "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2018.

External links

• Zoe McBride at FISA WorldRowing.com