Jean Mitchell (rower)

Jean Mitchell
Personal information
NationalityAustralian
Born (1999-12-17) 17 December 1999 (age 25)
Sport
CountryAustralia
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Australia

Jean Mitchell (born 17 December 1999) is an Australian representative sweep-oar rower. She is an Australian national champion, has represented at senior World Championships and won a gold medal at the 2022 World Rowing Cup.

Club and state rowing

Mitchell was raised in Victoria and attended Ruyton Girls' School where she took up rowing. She is a brain cancer survivor. Her senior club rowing has been from the Melbourne University Boat Club[1]

At the 2023 Australian Rowing Championships she won the open coxless four national title in an all MUBC crew.[2]

She rowed in the Victorian women's eight to a Queen's Cup victory at the 2022 Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1]

International representative rowing

In March 2022, Mitchell was selected in the Australian training squad to prepare for the 2022 international season and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[3] She rowed in the Australian women's eight at the World Rowing Cups II in Poznann to a bronze medal.[4] At the 2022 World Rowing Championships at Racize, she was again in the Australian women's senior eight. They made the A final and finished in fifth place.[4]

Personal life

Mitchell currently studies a Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication) at Deakin University.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b Mitchell at Rowing Australia
  2. ^ 2023 Australian Championships
  3. ^ "2022 Australian Team announcements". Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 24 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b Mitchell at World Rowing
  5. ^ "The 2024 Paris Olympics start this week! Meet the Deakin students representing Australia". Deakin Life. Deakin University. 23 July 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.