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| Full name | Kimberley Jean Brennan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Kimberley Jean Crow 9 August 1985 (1985-08-09) (age 40) Melbourne, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Melbourne University Boat Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Lyall McCarthy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kimberley Jean "Kim" BrennanAM[1](néeCrow; born 9 August 1985) is an Australian retiredrower. She is a sixteen-time national champion, two-time World Champion, three-time Olympian and Olympic gold medallist.
Crow was born inMelbourne and went to school at Templestowe Heights Primary School from prep to year 4 thenRuyton Girls' School from year 5. Her fatherMax Crow was aVictorian Football League footballer between 1974 and 1986.[2] She is a qualified lawyer and has been a regular columnist forThe Age.[2] She married Beijing Olympic double sculls gold medallistScott Brennan inHobart,Tasmania on 30 December 2015 and became known as Kim Brennan.[3] The couple has a son, Jude, born in 2018.[4][5]
Crow was a400 m hurdler and she won the silver medal at the2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She won the Australian junior title at theAustralian Athletics Championships for the seasons 2001–2002 and 2003–2004. At the 2003–2004 Australian Athletics Championships, she finished fourth in the senior final behindJana Pittman and was the ranked the second Australian.[6]
In 2005, Crow took up rowing after a leg injury ended her hurdling career.[2] Crow rows from theMelbourne University Boat Club in Melbourne and represents Victoria at the national level.
At theAustralian Rowing Championships in 2012, 2015 and 2016 she won the Nell Slater Trophy in the Interstate Women's Single Scull representing Victoria.[7] During the Victorian women's eights' twelve year consecutive victory run from 2005 to 2016, Crow was seated in the boat on nine occasions for nine Queen's Cup victories up until 2016. On five occasions at the Interstate Regatta she has raced in both the eight and the single scull on the same day, winning both titles on three occasions. She was coached byLyall McCarthy at Rowing Australia's Centre of Excellence in Canberra.[8]
In Melbourne University Boat Club colours, she contested the Australian national single sculls title at theAustralian Rowing Championships five times from 2010 to 2014. She won that championship from 2011 to 2014.[9]
Crow with her partnerSarah Cook finished fourth in the women'scoxless pair B-Final at the2008 Beijing Olympics.[10] At the2012 London Olympic Games, Crow won a silver medal in the women'sdouble sculls (withBrooke Pratley) and a bronze medal in the women'ssingle sculls.[10]At the 2015 world rowing championships, Crow qualified thesingle scull for Australia to race atRio 2016. At those2016 Summer Olympics, Brennan won the women'ssingle scull and took the gold medal, leading the race from start to finish.
In May 2019, Brennan was announced as Australia's joint Deputy Chef de Mission,[11] alongside fellow Olympians, Susie O'Neill and Evelyn Halls for the Tokyo2020 Olympic Games.
Crow was in the seven seat of Australian women's eight that won the bronze medal at the2006 World Rowing Championships.[12] She teamed withKerry Hore to win silver medals in the Women'sdouble scull at the2010 and2011 World Rowing Championships.[12] At the2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Crow won gold in the single scull taking a lead from the 300 m mark and holding it to the line. In the same event at the2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Crow took silver behind New Zealand'sEmma Twigg. Crow became a dual world champion when she won gold in the single scull at the2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette,[13] defeating2012 Summer Olympics championMiroslava Knapková.
On 3 November 2018, Brennan officially announced her retirement from rowing at the Rowing Australia annual awards. She stated “While I’ve known within myself for some time that I am happy to leave my competitive rowing career behind me, the arrival of Jude has put the decision beyond any doubt. I’m loving every minute with him, and, on a personal level, I can’t imagine now being able to give the time and energy necessary to be successful in rowing at the top level".[14] Rowing Australia President Rowing Australia President,Rob Scott said, “Kim has been an integral member of Australia's rowing team for over 10 years while also being a fantastic role model within the Australian Rowing Team and the broader Australian sporting community. Her performances on the world stage speak for themselves, but I am sure that one her proudest moments in the green and gold are when she won her Olympic gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.[14]
Brennan announced her retirement from rowing in November 2018, after the birth of her son. She stated she still wants to be involved in rowing and the Olympic movement long into the future.[5]
She is Chair of theAustralian Olympic Committee's (AOC) Athletes Commission and a full voting member on the AOC Board.[15]
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| Preceded by | Australian Institute of Sport Athlete of the Year 2013 (withCaroline Buchanan) | Succeeded by |
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