Ella Greenslade

Event: Women’s Eight

Ella Greenslade is a member of the women’s eight which won the silver medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games.

Greenslade is the youngest member of the team which placed second in Tokyo to claim New Zealand’s first ever Olympic medal in the women’s eight. She was 24-years-old at the time.

She is also a World Champion, having been a part of the women’s eight which won gold at the 2019 World Championships.

Greenslade first represented New Zealand at the 2015 World Rowing Junior Championships, an event which acted as a test regatta for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ella and her women's coxless four crew picked up a silver medal at the event.

Originally from Waikari, North Canterbury, Ella has studied art history at Otago University before relocating to Cambridge in 2016.  She is currently completing a Diploma of Interior Design.