
Juliette Haigh
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Juliette Haigh was a World Champion and Olympic rower. Haigh (now Drysdale) was in the New Zealand Women’s Pairs from 2004 to 2008 with Nicky Coles, then returned to the event after a year out and partnered Rebecca Scown in the boat.
She won a gold medal in the women’s pairs at the World Rowing Cup regatta in Lucerne, 2010, and followed this by winning the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro.
Haigh and Scown won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the same event. Haigh officially announced her retirement from competitive rowing on 2 December 2012.