Eve Stewart (born 13 January 1998) is a British athlete who competes in rowing. She won a silver medal at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in the eight.

Eve Stewart
Personal information
Born (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 (age 26)[1]
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Eight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2024 Szeged Eight

Early life

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Born and raised in the Netherlands, Stewart studied at the Amsterdam International Community School and the University of Iowa.[2] She earned the bow seat of Iowa’s first varsity eight in her freshman year. That year, Iowa qualified for the NCAA finals for the first time in 16 years. The following season she was in the stroke position as they returned to the NCAA finals.[3]

Career

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She was named in the U-23 Dutch National Team for the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Poznań, Poland.[4]

In 2023, she rowed in a pair with Eleanor Brinkhoff and the duo finished fourth in the GB rowing team winter assessments.[5]

She was named by Great Britain for the World Rowing Cup I in Varese, Italy in April 2024, to compete in the eight and the four.[6] She won a silver medal as part of the eight.[7] She was subsequently named for the silver medal winning women's eight at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary.[8][9]

She won a bronze medal as part of the Great Britain eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[10]

Personal life

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Her mother Rachel Stewart played netball for Wales and competed in the finals of the British Junior Dressage Championships.[11] Her grandmother Pat Stewart, was from Yorkshire, and also known as the ex Tiller girl, ‘the Blackpool belle’, was a dancer and model whose photograph taken by Bert Hardy for the magazine Picture Post and became a hugely popular image, described as "a carefree snapshot of postwar Britain, one of the most memorable images of the 20th century".[12][13][14][15]

References

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  1. ^ "Eve Stewart". World Rowing. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Eve Stewart". Leander.co.uk. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  3. ^ Emmert, Mark. "Meet two of the sophomores who powered Iowa's surge to NCAA rowing championships". Hawk Central. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  4. ^ "STEWART NAMED TO DUTCH U-23 NATIONAL TEAM". Hawkeyesports. 18 July 2018. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Scots take to the water in February for GB Rowing Team winter assessments". Scottish Rowing. 24 February 2023. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  6. ^ "Great Britain Selects Team for World Rowing Cup I". Row-360. 2 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Leander athletes help GB top World Cup medal table". Henley Standard. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  8. ^ "2024 European Rowing Championships – Women's Eight Preview". Juniorrowingnews. 23 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Great Britain tops medal table for third consecutive year at the European Rowing Championships". British Rowing. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Britain's men win gold and women bronze in eights". BBC Sport. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Eve Stewart". Hawkeyesports. 10 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Eve Stewart". British Rowing. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Meet Pat, the girl with the spotty dress and flashing smile". Blackpool Gazette. 13 May 2016. Retrieved 29 April 2024.
  14. ^ "Pat Stewart, 'girl in the polka dot dress' – obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 17 May 2017.
  15. ^ "Obituary – Pat Stewart". The Times. 20 May 2017.