Grace Prendergast

Grace Prendergast is a two-time Olympic medallist having won gold in the women’s pair and silver in the eight at Tokyo 2020.

Prendergast and boatmate Kerri Gowler set the tone early in Tokyo, recording a world record to win their semi-final in 6m 47.41s. The following day the pair looked a cut above, winning New Zealand’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympic Games in a time of 6:50.19s.

And Prendergast wasn’t done there, the next day jumping in the eight where the New Zealanders finished second, to claim silver behind Canada.

It was the second Olympic Games for Prendergast who finished fourth as part of the women’s eight at Rio 2016.

In 2019 Prendergast raced in both the pair and the eight at the World Championships and won both events, the latter for the first time in New Zealand's history.