Nixon Makes History With Silver at World Junior Rowing Championships

7th August 2011

Holly Nixon gave Ireland a first ever medal at the World Rowing Junior Championships this morning. The 17-year-old from Enniskillen produced another brilliant display to take silver in the lightweight single scull at Dorney Lake in England, pushing Germany’s Anne Beenken right to the line.

Ireland also had fourth place in junior men’s single scull. Paul O’Donovan was just .32 of a second off a bronze medal in a thrilling finish of a race won by Stephan Riemekasten of Germany.

World Rowing Junior Championships – Finals (Irish Interest)

Men

Junior Single Scull – A Final: 1 Germany (S Riemekasten) 7:03.41, 2 Greece (A Dafnis) 7:05.42, 3 Ukraine (A Mykhailov) 7:05.78; 4 Ireland (P O’Donovan) 7:06.10, 5 Latvia 7:18.57, 6 Switzerland 7:21.38.

Women

Junior Single Scull – A Final: 1 Germany (A Beenken) 7:58.00, 2 Ireland (H Nixon) 7:59.56, 3 Latvia (E Gulbe) 8:02.62; 4 Italy 7:06.10, 5 Denmark 8:10.75, 6 Czech Republic 8:17.94.

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Liam Gorman

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Liam Gorman is a writer and reporter. He is the co-author of Little Lady, One Man, Big Ocean, published in the United States and Canada as Crossing the Swell. He is the rowing correspondent of the Irish Times.

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