Fiona Bourke (born 16 October 1988,
Dannevirke) is a New Zealand rower. She won the
2014 World Championship in the women's double sculls with
Zoe Stevenson, having won the silver medal in the same team the year before. At the
2012 Summer Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, she competed in the
Women's quadruple sculls. She was also part of the New Zealand women's quadruple sculls team that won bronze at the
2011 World Championships. Bourke only took up rowing when she started university in 2007, at the
University of Otago
The University of Otago () is a public university, public research university, research collegiate university based in Dunedin, Otago, New Zealand. Founded in 1869, Otago is New Zealand's oldest university and one of the oldest universities in ...
.
References
1988 births
Living people
New Zealand female rowers
Olympic rowers for New Zealand
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand
Sportspeople from Dannevirke
University of Otago alumni
21st-century New Zealand sportswomen
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