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Bronwen Watson is a 43-year-old Australian rower who was born on 23 February, 1977 in Milton, Australia. She is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having won gold in the women's eight at the 2004 Athens Olympics and the women's four at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also won a bronze medal in the women's eight at the 2012 London Olympics.
Watson began rowing at the age of 15 and went on to compete in the Australian National Championships in 1997. She was part of the Australian women's eight that won gold at the World Rowing Championships in 2002 and 2003.
Watson is currently married to fellow rower, David Crawshay. The couple have two children together.
Watson is currently the head coach of the Australian women's rowing team. She is also a member of the Australian Olympic Committee and the International Olympic Committee.
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Bronwen Watson Height, Weight & Measurements
At 47 years old, Bronwen Watson height is 168 cm (2012) and Weight 57 kg (2012).
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She is currently single. She is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about She's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, She has no children.
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Bronwen Watson Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Bronwen Watson worth at the age of 47 years old? Bronwen Watson’s income source is mostly from being a successful Rower. She is from Australia. We have estimated
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Despite fracturing her L3 vertebrae during training in February 2012, Watson persevered and was able to complete a strenuous rehab/training program which enable her to earn selection for the 2012 Olympic Team. Watson finished seventh in the lightweight double event at the 2012 World Cup 3 in Munich, Germany and ninth in the lightweight double event at the 2012 World Cup 2 in Lucerne, Switzerland. She was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics rowing in the lightweight women's 2X with her partner Hannah Every-Hall from Victoria. Prior to going to London, she participated in a training camp at the Australian Institute of Sport European Training Centre in Varese, Italy after having taken part in another team training camp in Sydney. Watson and Every-Hall qualified through to the Olympic A final finishing fifth overall.
After her participation in the 2010 Australian Rowing Championships she announced her second retirement in April 2010. She came out of retirement in September 2010 to compete in the New Zealand hosted Great Race, where she rowed for Sydney University in the Bryan Gould Cup. She did not begin her comeback for the 2012 Summer Olympics until midway through 2011 after moving home from a stint living in Tokyo, Japan.
At the 2008 World Rowing Championships in Linz/Ottensheim, Austria she won her second world title and gold medal in the women's lightweight quad scull. In 2009, she competed for the fourth time at World Championships this time in the women's lightweight double scull with McNamara. Her boat qualified for the finals and finished fifth overall.
She returned to club rowing in the 2006/2007 season and successfully earned a position on the Australian Rowing Team. At the 2007 World Rowing Championships in Munich, she won a gold medal in the women's lightweight quad with Miranda Bennett, Alice McNamara and Tara Kelly.
After some representative success in 2003, Watson retired. She came out of retirement in 2005 to take up social rowing in England, and to compete the 2005 Women's and Royal Henley, winning the lightweight pair that year. Following this, she moved back to Australia and took a position as a girls high school rowing coach, followed by further sport administrative work with the NSW Institute of Sports and Sydney Uni Sport & Fitness.
Watson made her Australian representative debut in 2003 in the Australian lightweight quad scull at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne. She had to compete to earn her spot in the Australian quad crew for the 2003 World Championships, with five women trying to earn four spots. At the 2003 World Rowing Championships in Milan, Watson won a bronze medal in the women's lightweight quad scull. Following the competition, she retired from rowing for the first time.
Bronwen Watson (born 23 February 1977) is an Australian national champion, two-time World Champion and Olympian rower.
Watson was born in Milton, New South Wales. Her father David is an Olympian, who competed at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics in road cycling. She attended Heathcote High School As of 2012 and lives in Sydney, where she works at the University of Sydney.