Ruby Tew (born 7 March 1994) is a New Zealand Olympic rower.

Personal life

Born in

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, she is the daughter of New Zealand Rugby CEO

Steve Tew Stephen John Tew (born ) is a New Zealand sports administrator. He was the chief executive officer of New Zealand Rugby from 2008 to 2019. Early life and family Tew attended college at Hutt Valley High School in Lower Hutt and then graduated f ...

. She received her secondary education at Queen Margaret College. She is studying towards a Bachelor of Business Studies at

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Rowing career

Tew took up rowing in 2008 while at Queen Margaret College. She attended her first Maadi Cup in 2009 at

Lake Karapiro Lake Karapiro () is an artificial reservoir lake on the Waikato River at Karapiro, south-east of Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge in New Zealand's North Island. The lake was formed in 1947 by the damming of the Waikato River to store water for ...

but did not get into any of the A-finals. At the 2010 Maadi Cup at

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, she won a bronze medal in the girls U16 double sculls. At the 2011 Maadi Cup at Lake Karapiro, she reached B-finals in all three of her boat classes. Tew had her first international appearance at the 2012

World Rowing Junior Championships The World Rowing U19 Championships, former name World Rowing Junior Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). A rower or coxswain shall be classified as a Junior until 31 Decemb ...

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, Bulgaria. With the junior

quad scull A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each h ...

s (with Nathalie Hill, Zoe McBride, and Hannah Osborne), she won bronze at the event. In 2014, she became national champion with the women's premier four, with

Rebecca Scown Rebecca Scown (born 10 August 1983) is a Silver and Bronze Olympic medalist Rowing (sport), rower from New Zealand. Together with Genevieve Behrent, she won the silver medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the same Ol ...

, Linda Matthews, and Holly Greenslade in the team. At the 2015 national championships, she won silver with the women's premier four, this time teamed with Kerri Gowler, Rebecca Scown, and Elizabeth Ross. Tew won a silver medal at 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 ...

with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the

2016 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 ...

. At the 2016 national championships, she won gold in the women's premier four with Kerri Gowler, Fiona Paterson, and Holly Greenslade. She won bronze in the women's premier coxless pair oars and the women's premier eight. With the New Zealand women's eight, she came fourth at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She won a bronze medal with the New Zealand women's eight at the

2017 World Rowing Championships The 2017 World Rowing Championships were the 47th edition of the World Rowing Championships that were held from 24 September to 1 October 2017 in Sarasota, Florida. Host selection During 2013, Plovdiv and Sarasota, Florida both applied to host ...

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Tew, Ruby 1994 births Living people Rowers from Wellington City New Zealand female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for New Zealand Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for New Zealand People educated at Queen Margaret College, Wellington Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge 21st-century New Zealand sportswomen