Julia Edward

For the dime novel author writing under a similar pseudonym, see John R. Coryell.

Julia Edward (born 20 February 1991) is a New Zealand rower, a two time world champion in the women's lightweight double sculls.^[2][3]

Julia Edward

Edward in 2013
Personal information
Nationality	New Zealand
Born	(1991-02-20) 20 February 1991 (age 34)
Education	Rotorua Girls' High School[1]
Weight	57 kg (126 lb)[2]
Sport
Club	Rotorua[2]
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  New Zealand World Championships 2014 Amsterdam Lwt double scull 2015 Aiguebelette Lwt double scull World U23 Championships 2010 Brest U23 lwt double scull 2011 Amsterdam U23 lwt double scull

Career

In 2010, she won silver in the lightweight double sculls at the U23 world championships with Lucy Strack.^[4] A year later, she won bronze in the same event with Alyce Pulford.^[5] She competed with Louise Ayling at the 2012 Summer Olympics.^[6]

Together with Sophie MacKenzie, she was world champion in the lightweight double scull for two years in a row; first at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, and then at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette.^[7]

The 2016 rowing year did not start out that successful for Edward and MacKenzie, and at both World Rowing Cups that New Zealand attended that year, they came third, beaten by different nations at those regattas.^[8][9][10] When they competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro later that year, they came fourth in the lightweight double sculls,^[11] which was disappointing to them.^[8] Some time after the Olympics, they both announced that they would take a year off rowing.^[12][13][14] Both will also take the 2018 rowing season off, but neither has announced their retirement.^[15]