Nelson rower Brook Robertson is off to Rio after being named in the New Zealand Olympic rowing team yesterday following a week of trials.
Brook is set to represent his country with 30 other rowers including Blenheim’s Robbie Manson, Tom Murray and Marlborough’s Sophie MacKenzie.
Rio will be Brook’s first Olympic Games.
The team is Rowing New Zealand’s biggest Olympic Games team with 31 athletes set to row across nine boat classes in Rio later this year.
The team is made up as follows:
Mahe Drysdale
Men’s Pair: Hamish Bond & Eric Murray
Men’s Double: Chris Harris & Robbie Manson
Men’s LW Four: Alistair Bond, James Hunter, James Lassche & Peter Taylor
Men’s Eight: Michael Brake, Isaac Grainger, Stephen Jones, Alex Kennedy, Shaun Kirkham, Tom Murray, Brook Robertson, Caleb Shepherd – coxswain & Joe Wright
Women’s Double: Eve Macfarlane & Zoe Stevenson
Women’s LW Double: Julia Edward & Sophie MacKenzie
Women’s Pair: Genevieve Behrent & Rebecca Scown
Women’s Eight: Rebecca Scown, Genevieve Behrent, Kelsey Bevan, Emma Dyke, Kerri Gowler, Kayla Pratt, Grace Prendergast, Ruby Tew & Francie Turner – coxswain
