Charlotte Sutherland (born 26 June 1991) is an Australian

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. She was an U23 World Champion, a national champion and a 2016 Olympian.

Club and state rowing

Charlotte was raised in Corryong in northern Victoria. She attended

Geelong Grammar School Geelong Grammar School is a private Anglican co-educational boarding and day school. The school's main campus is located in Corio on the northern outskirts of Geelong, Victoria, Australia, overlooking Corio Bay and Limeburners Bay. Establ ...

with her twin sister Sophie and took up rowing in 2007. She rowed in the Geelong Grammar Girl's first VIIIs which won the Victorian Head of the River in 2008 and 2009. In those years she also contested the national Schoolgirl Eights title at the

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.Sutherland profile at Mercantile
/ref> Her senior club rowing has been from the

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. Sutherland was first selected to represent Victoria in the women's youth eight in 2011 contesting the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the

. From 2014 to 2016 she rowed in consecutive successful Victorian eights who contested and won the Queen's Cup at the Interstate Regatta. She stroked two of those eights to victory - 2015 and 2016. In Mercantile colours she has contested national championship titles at the

on numerous occasions. In 2012 she contested the U23

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and U23 eight titles. In 2013 and 2014 she competed for the

. In 2015 she won the Australian coxless four and eights championship titles in all-Mercantile crews.

International representative rowing

Sutherland debuted as an Australian representative in 2013. She rowed in the senior women's eight who took gold at the World Rowing Cup I in Sydney and also competed in a

at that regatta. Half of World Cup eight were selected as a

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to compete at the 2013

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and in the lead up preparation they competed and won silver at the WRC III in Lucerne. At the 2013 U23 World Championships with

Alexandra Hagan Alexandra Hagan (born 21 March 1991) is an Australian Olympic representative rower. She competed in the Australian women's eight at London 2012 and was again selected in the eight for Rio 2016. She competed and won bronze at World Rowing Cham ...

and Hannah Vermeersch and stroked by

Lucy Stephan Lucy Stephan (born 10 December 1991) is an Australian rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Ki ...

, Sutherland won gold and an U23 World Championship title.Sutherland at World Rowing
/ref> Two months later that same four raced as Australia's senior women's coxless four at the

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in Chungju, Korea and took a bronze medal. All members of the four also doubled-up in the senior women's eight with Stephan seated at seven and they placed fifth in that event in Chungju. In 2014 Sutherland rowed in a

with

. They raced at the World Rowing Cup I in Sydney and then at WRC III in Lucerne before taking the pair to the

2014 World Rowing Championships The 2014 World Rowing Championships were the 44th edition of the World Rowing Championships and were held from 24 to 31 August 2014 at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the second occasion on which the event had been held in Amsterdam, or ...

in Amsterdam where they placed fifth. Sutherland regained a seat and was selected at stroke in the Australian senior women's eight in 2015 and raced at two Rowing World Cups in Europe and then up the stern end of the eight for the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at the Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette-le-Lac in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by ...

in Aiguebelette. They failed to make the A final and finished in overall eight place. Sutherland was the stroke of the Australian women's eight who initially missed qualification for the

2016 Rio Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

but received a late call up following the Russian drug scandal. WADA had discovered Russian state sponsored drug testing violations and the

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acted to protect clean athletes and set strict entry guidelines for Russian athletes resulting in most of their rowers and nearly all of their crews being withdrawn from the Olympic regatta. The crew had dispersed two months earlier after their failure to qualify but reconvened, travelled at the last minute to Rio and borrowed a shell. They finished last in their heat, last in the repechage and were eliminated.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Charlotte 1991 births Living people Australian female rowers Olympic rowers for Australia Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian sportswomen People educated at Geelong Grammar School