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Kate Hornsey

New Norfolk Rowing Club (TAS) and later Mercantile Rowing Club (VIC)

2005 World Champion women's eight

2000 – Interstate Women’s Youth Eight Championship – Fifth

2001 – Interstate Women’s Youth Eight Championship six seat – Sixth

2003 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championship four seat – Fourth

2003 – Under 23 World Regatta – Women’s Four – Silver

2004 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championship stroke – Fifth

2005 – World Championships Women’s Eight – Gold

2005 – World Championships Women’s Four – Gold

2006 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championships stroke (TAS) – Bronze

2006 – World Championships Women’s Eight – Bronze

2006 – World Championships Women’s Four – Gold

2007 – World Championships Women’s Eight – Fourth

2007 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championships stroke (TAS) – Fifth

2008 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championships stroke (TAS) – Fifth

2008 – Olympic Games Women’s Eight six – Sixth

2010 – World Championships Women’s Four stroke – Silver

2011 – World Championships Women’s Pair bow – Bronze

2011 – World Championships Women’s Four stroke – Silver

2012 – Olympic Games Women’s Pair stroke – Silver

2014 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championships stroke (TAS) – Fifth

2014 – World Championships Women’s Eight stroke – Tenth

2015 – Interstate Women’s Eight Championships stroke (TAS) – Fifth

Above – Kate in the bow seat of the silver medal winning 2012 Olympic pair with fellow club member Sarah Tait

Sarah Tait, Bill Tait and Kate Hornsey celebrate their Olympic silver medal

Kate commenced her rowing in Tasmania but moved to Melbourne where she now lives and undertook the latter par of her rowing career at Mercantile. We are pleased to count her as one of our own.

Kate doing the deed with her boat naming

Andrew Guerin Sept 2015