Juliette Haigh


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Birth date
Age
04/08/1982 
30
Height
Weight
Gender
176 cm / 5'9" 
69 kg / 152 lbs 
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RankEventYearLocationResult
Olympic Games
5Pair2008Beijing, CHN7:28.80
6Pair2004Athens, GRE7:23.52
World Championships
1Pair2011Bled, SLO6:58.16
1Pair2010Hamilton, NZL7:17.12
1Pair2005Gifu, JPN7:43.83
2Pair2006Eton, GBR6:56.72
World Cup
1Pair2011Hamburg, GER7:10.41
1Pair2010Lucerne, SUI7:09.57
1Pair2010Munich, GER7:15.64
2Pair2012Munich, GER7:37.62
2Pair2011Lucerne, SUI7:01.32
3Pair2012Lucerne, SUI7:05.98

Nickname

Jules, Ma Julie. (1boat2girls.co.nz, 08 Jan 2012)

Hobbies

Cycling, playing piano, shopping. (1boat2girls.co.nz, 08 Jan 2012)

Occupation

Student

Education

Public Relations - University of Waikato, Hamilton, NZL

Language(s) spoken

English

Club name

Auckland RPC [provincial]/West End Rowing Club [national], New Zealand

Coach

John Robinson (1boat2girls.co.nz, 08 Jan 2012)

Debut

2004 for New Zealand (rowingnz.com, 18 Sep 2007)

Injuries

She suffered a prolapsed disc in her lower back in December 2010 and it put her out for three months. (stuff.co.nz, 10 Feb 2011; 3news.co.nz, 04 Jun 2011)

Additional information

Start of sporting career
She began at the age of 14 at high school. (rowingnz.com, 18 Sep 2007, westendrowing.org, 18 Sep 2007)

Reason for taking up this sport
"You feel you are moving faster than you should be able to for the amount of work you're putting in." (listener.co.nz, 2005)

Ambitions
To compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (stuff.co.nz, 20 Feb 2010)

Training
"Wake up, have breakfast, cycle to rowing, row, head in for a weights session, cycle home for lunch, cycle back down for the afternoon session, row, cycle home, have dinner, go to bed. Sounds fun I know." (1boat2girls.co.nz, 08 Jan 2012)

Most memorable sporting achievement
Becoming a world champion in the women's pair with Nicky Coles in 2005 and winning the qualification regatta to earn her spot at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. (rowingnz.com, 18 Sep 2007; 1boat2girls.co.nz, 08 Jan 2012)

Awards
She won the 2011 Hayes Knight Sportswoman of the Year awarded by Sport Auckland. (sportsground.co.nz, 07 Dec 2011; massey.ac.nz, 20 June 2011)

She won the 2007 Bank of New Zealand Auckland Sportswoman of the Year. (sportsground.co.nz, 07 Dec 2011; massey.ac.nz, 20 June 2011)


General
TO LONDON AND BACK
After competing at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing she moved to London. "I loved it. The reason I went away is to figure out whether I wanted to come back to this. I found out pretty quickly that I did. I just really want to get back in the team- I won't turn any boat down." (stuff.co.nz, 20 Feb 2010)

Previous Olympics

Beijing 2008, Athens 2004


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