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| Born | (1982-08-04)4 August 1982 (age 43) Auckland, New Zealand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spouse | Mahé Drysdale | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Juliette Anne Haigh (born 4 August 1982), also known by her married nameJuliette Drysdale but better known by her maiden name, is a retired professionalrower.
Haigh was born in 1982 inAuckland, New Zealand. Her parents are Penny and John Haigh.[1] She knew that she wanted to compete at Olympic Games as a child but had not chosen a sport yet. She started rowing while she attendedTakapuna Grammar School.[2] Haigh has studied public relations at theUniversity of Auckland, theUniversity of Waikato, andMassey University.[2]
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Haigh was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 withNicky Coles, then returned to the event after a year out and partneredRebecca Scown in the boat. She won a gold medal in the women's pair at theWorld Rowing Cup regatta in Lucerne, 2010[3] and followed this by winning the2010 World Rowing Championships in Lake Karapiro.[4][5][6] Haigh and Scown won the bronze medal at the2012 Summer Olympics in the same event.[7] Haigh officially announced her retirement from competitive rowing on 2 December 2012.[8]
After having been together for six years, Haigh got engaged to fellow New Zealand rowerMahé Drysdale in 2013. They first met in 2001 when they were both members of Auckland'sWest End Rowing Club. They became close friends and later flatted together.[9] They married later in 2013 and spent their honeymoon onMahé in the Seychelles; her husband is named for the island but had never been there before.[1] The Drysdales had a girl in October 2014,[10] they also have a son and another daughter.[11] They live on a farm inCambridge.[1]
Since retiring from rowing, Drysdale serves as a trustee on the New Zealand Rowing Foundation Board,[12] is a writer forNewsroom's LockerRoom[13] and is an accomplished photographer.
