Background
Crow was born in Melbourne. Her father Max Crow was a Victorian Football League football player between 1974 to 1986.
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At the 2003–2004 Australian Athletics Championships, she finished fourth in the Senior final behind Jana Pittman and was the ranked the second Australian.
Career
She is a qualified lawyer and has been a regular columnist for The Age. In 2005, Crow took up rowing after a leg injury ended her hurdling career. During the Victorian Women"s VIII"s eleven year consecutive victory run from 2005 to 2015, Crow was seated in the boat on seven occasions for seven Queen"s Cup victories up till 2015.
Olympic Games
At the 2015 world rowing championships Crow qualified the Single scull for Australia to race at Rio in 2016.
World Championships
In the same event at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Crow took silver behind New Zealand"s Emma Twigg. In 2015, she is coached by Lyall McCarthy at Rowing Australia"s Centre of Excellence in Canberra.
She is Chair of the Australian Olympic Committee"s (AOC) Athletes Commission and a full voting member on the AOC Board.
Achievements
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Crow was a 400 m hurdler and she won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She won the Australian junior title at the Australian Athletics Championships for the seasons 2001–2002 and 2003–2004. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 2012 and 2015 she won the Nell Slater Trophy in the Interstate Women"s Single Scull representing Victoria. At the 2012 London Olympic Games, Crow won a silver medal in the Women"s Double Sculls (with Brooke Pratley) and a bronze medal in the Women"s Single Sculls. Crow was a member of the Australian Women"s Eight that won the bronze medal at the 2006 World Rowing Championships. She teamed with Kerry Hole to win silver medals in the Women"s Double Sculls at the 2010 and 2011 World Rowing Championships. At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Crow won gold in the single scull taking a lead from the 300 m mark and holding it to the line. Crow became a dual World Champion by winning gold at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette. By defeating 2012 Summer Olympics champion Mirka Knapkova.
Membership
Crow is a member of the Melbourne University Boat Club in Melbourne and represents for Victoria at the national level
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