Dr Renae Domaschenz made her Australian Rowing Team debut in 2018 as the coxswain of the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four. She has worked as a Medical Research Fellow at the Australian National University and as a high performance rowing coach for the ACT Academy of Sport while fulfilling her national team duties. Most recently she has taken up the position of Sports Director for Canberra Girls Grammar School where she hopes to inspire and drive passion for elite sport among young women.

Renae cites Cambridge as her favourite place to row, a somewhat unsurprising choice as she is a former coxswain for the Cambridge University Boat Club and coxed for Cambridge in the famous Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race when she was studying her PhD in the UK.

Renae made her Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020, when she was named as coxswain for the PR3 Mixed Coxed Four.  She led …

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Date of birth
7 February 1979
Sport
Para-rowing
Past Paralympic Games

Tokyo 2020

Residence
Canberra, ACT
Occupation
Sports Director (Canberra Girls Grammar School) and Medical Research Fellow
Started competing
2002
First competed for Australia
2018
Sport career highlights

Henley Royal Regatta, World Championships and qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Greatest sporting moments

Watching Kieren Perkins win gold in 1996 from Lane 8 with great resilience and determination.

Heroes/role models

All female athletes are role models who are not only breaking records, they're inspiring a generation of young girls

Favourite quote
'And though she be but little, she is fierce' - Shakespeare

Disciplines

  • Sport: Para-rowing Discipline: Coxswain Classification: able-bodied (PR34+)

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