Jackie Kiddle

Jackie Kiddle (born 16 July 1994) is a New Zealand rower. She is a current (2019) world champion in the lightweight women's double scull.

Jackie Kiddle
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (1994-07-16) 16 July 1994
New Plymouth, New Zealand
Sport
CountryNew Zealand
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls
ClubStar Boating Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  New Zealand
World Championships
2019 OttensheimLwt double sculls
2017 SarasotaLwt double sculls
World Championships (U23)
2015 PlovdivLwt double sculls
2016 RotterdamLwt double sculls

Kiddle was born in 1994 in New Plymouth. She received her education at Wellington Girls' College, and she took up rowing in 2008 in her final year.[1] She represented New Zealand at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival.[2] Kiddle's first appearance at a FISA event was at the 2014 World Rowing U23 Championships in Varese, Italy, where she came fourth in the lightweight single sculls.[3] At the 2015 World Rowing U23 Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, she won gold in the lightweight double sculls with Zoe McBride, setting a new world best time.[4] At the 2016 World Rowing U23 Championships at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she won a silver medal lightweight double sculls with Lucy Jonas.[5] At the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, she won a silver medal in the lightweight double sculls partnered with Zoe McBride.[6] At the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, McBride and Kiddle came sixth in the lightweight double sculls.[7]

References
  1. "be original be the first". laszloboats. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  2. "Jackie Kiddle". New Zealand Olympic Committee. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  3. "(BLW1x) U23 Lightweight Women's Single Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  4. "Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle produce record time at world under-23 rowing champs". Stuff.co.nz. 27 July 2015. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  5. "(BLW2x) U23 Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 28 September 2017.
  6. "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  7. "(LW2x) Lightweight Women's Double Sculls - Final". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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