Annabel Ritchie

Annabel Ritchie is a former age group rower from New Zealand.

Background

Richie was born in New Zealand.

Other

In 1996 Ritchie made the New Zealand U19 coxless four to compete at the Junior World Championships, Scotland, where the Jude Hamilton coached crew won a bronze medal. She also represented NZ at other world rowing competitions.

She also rowed for the University of Washington, USA, and was part of the crew which won back-to-back NCAA Rowing Championship titles. The Husky crew included Athens Olympic Silver medalists and Beijing and London Gold medalists Mary Murray (nee Whipple) and Anna Cummins (nee Mickelson) (USA), and Olympians Rika Geyser (South Africa) and Canadian Nicole Borges.