Holly Norton | |
Birth Place: | Harare, Zimbabwe |
Hometown: | Johannesburg, South Africa |
Collegeteam: | Ohio State Buckeyes |
Education: | BSc Psychology from Ohio State University |
Height: | 6ft 0in |
Country: | Great Britain |
Club: | Leander |
Headercolor: | lightsteelblue |
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Holly Norton (born 1 January 1993) is a South African–British rower.
Born and raised in Harare, Zimbabwe, Holly's family moved to South Africa in 2003. It was at St Stithians Girl's College that she first took up rowing.[1]
She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the coxless four with Rebecca Chin, Karen Bennett and Lucinda Gooderham.[2] She won the gold medal in the coxless four at the 2016 World Rowing Championships with Donna Etiebet, Holly Nixon and Fiona Gammond.[3]
Norton formerly represented South Africa as a junior rower.[4] She rowed collegiately for the Ohio State Buckeyes, and helped the team to three consecutive NCAA national championship titles in 2013, 2014 and 2015.[5] She currently rows for the Leander Club.[6]