.jpg) Behrent (now Macky) in 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | (1990-09-25)25 September 1990 (age 35) Oamaru, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 76 kg (168 lb)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Waihopai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genevieve "Gen" Behrent (nowMacky; born 25 September 1990) is a New Zealandrower.
Behrent was born inOamaru[2] in 1990.[1] She received her schooling atSouthland Girls' High School inInvercargill.[3] Behrent had planned to start her tertiary education at theUniversity of Otago in 2010 when she received her call to the New Zealand rowing squad. She moved toCambridge to be at the New Zealand training centre atLake Karapiro and studied at theUniversity of Waikato instead.[3]
She never took up rowing while at high school; it was atLake Ruataniwha in November 2008 when she supported her younger brother at a rowing regatta that she was asked by Southland coach John O'Connor whether she wanted to try rowing herself as she had the right physical attributes. Only 14 months later, she was nominated for the New Zealand under-23 squad to compete at the2010 World Rowing U23 Championships inBelarus, something that O'Connor termed "astonishing".[3] Her brother, Oliver Behrent, went to theWorld Rowing Junior Championships in the same year.[4] Her first club was theWaihopai Rowing Club inSouthland and she later rowed for theUniversity of Otago.[5] Behrent took 2014 off from competitive rowing for tertiary study.[6] She won a silver medal at the2015 World Rowing Championships with the women's eight, qualifying the boat for the2016 Olympics.[7] She also competed in thecoxless pair in Rio and withRebecca Scown won silver, beaten byHeather Stanning andHelen Glover of Great Britain.[6] With the women's eight, she came fourth at the Rio Olympics.[8] In November 2016, she announced that she would take 2017 off from rowing.[9] She has started a career in the banking industry and did not return to rowing for the 2018 season either, but has not announced toRowing New Zealand that she has retired from rowing.[10]
