Eliza Gaffney (born 1 December 2000) is an Australian representative sweep-oar

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 is a national champion, has represented at senior World Championships and was a medallist at U23 World Championships.

Club and state rowing

Gaffney was raised in Melbourne and educated at the

Ruyton Girls' School Ruyton Girls' School, commonly referred to simply as Ruyton, is a non-denominational and independent day school for girls, located on Selbourne Road, Kew, an inner-eastern suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Ruyton was established in 1878 ...

where she took up rowing. Her senior club rowing has been from the

Melbourne University Boat Club Melbourne University Boat Club is a rowing club in Melbourne, Australia. Its clubhouse or "boat shed" is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register in 2000. According its website, the club claims to be "the oldest rowing club in Australia". In 2015, ...

.Gaffney at Rowing Australia
/ref> Gaffney first made Victorian state selection in the 2021 Victorian's women's senior eight which contested and won the Queen's Cup at the Interstate Regatta. In 2022 she again raced in the Victorian Queen's Cup eight to victory. In MUBC colours she has won a national title at the

Australian Rowing Championships The Australian Rowing Championships is an annual rowing event that determines Australia's national rowing champions and facilitates selection of Australian representative crews for World Championships and the Olympic Games. It is Australia's pre ...

in 2021 - gold in the women's coxless four. She also won medals at the 2022 Australian Championships - silver in women's pair and bronze in the women's coxless four. At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships she won the open coxless four national title in an all MUBC crew.

International representative rowing

In March 2022 Gaffney was selected in the Australian senior training team to prepare for the 2022 international season and the

2022 World Rowing Championships The 2022 World Rowing Championships were held from 18 to 25 September 2022 in Račice, Czech Republic. Medal summary Medal table Non-Olympic/Paralympic classes Men Women Pararowing Participating nations 63 countries participated in thi ...

.2022 Australian Team announcements
/ref> She raced in a coxless pair at the World Rowing Cup II in June 2022. She was then selected in Australia's U23 coxless four to row at the

U23 World Rowing Championships World Rowing U23 Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by the World Rowing Federation World Rowing, also known as the World Rowing Federation (officially FISA; ), is the international governing body for rowing. Its curren ...

in Varese. In that crew with Genevieve Hart, Jacqueline Swick and Paige Barr she won a bronze medal. At the

at Racize, Gaffney rowed Australia's coxless pair with Georgie Gleeson. They finished third in the B final for an overall ninth place finish at the regatta.Gaffney at World Rowing
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References

External links

Gaffney at World Rowing
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gaffney, Eliza 2000 births Living people Australian female rowers People educated at Ruyton Girls' School 21st-century Australian sportswomen Rowers from Melbourne Sportswomen from Victoria (state)