Catholic school alumni achieve Olympic success
Women's 4x Rowing gold medallist Annabelle McIntyre is an alumni (Class of 2013) from Santa Maria College Attadale in Western Australia. She said she first started rowing in Year 12.
"Obviously the biggest challenge and most recent one has been the pandemic and working out how to maximise training around the different restrictions that have been in place," she said in a statement.
Women’s Quadruple Sculls bronze medallist, Stella Maris College, Manly alumni and Australian Catholic University (ACU) undergraduate, Rowena Meredith said her journey has been a bumpy road but she wouldn’t change a thing.
"Balancing study, training and competition was a rewarding mix," she said in a statement.
Rowena has been studying a Bachelor of Paramedicine studies and said to have something outside rowing is like a breath of fresh air.
“There’s some difficult conversations about placements and assessment, but it’s worth it in the end.”
Rowena has been assisted by ACU’s Elite Athlete and Performer Program which supports members in the pursuit of both active and academic lives.
Congratulations to all former students who competed in the games and to those who achieved a medal.
Above: Bronze medallists Rowena Meredith (second on left). Source: Naomi Baker/Getty Images
See below the full list of Catholic school alumni Olympic medallists
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Tokyo Olympics medal & event |
Olympian |
Alumni |
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Gold – Women’s 4 x Rowing |
Annabelle McIntyre |
Santa Maria College, Attadale, WA |
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Gold – Men’s Coxless 4x Rowers |
Spencer Turrin |
St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill, NSW |
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Jack Hargreaves |
St Joseph's, Nyngan & St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill, NSW |
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Alexander Hill |
St Albert’s Catholic School, Loxton, SA |
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Gold - 200m Freestyle |
Arianne Titmus |
St Patrick’s College, Launceston, TAS |
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Gold - 400m Freestyle |
Arianne Titmus |
St Patrick’s College, Launceston, TAS |
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Gold - Women's 4 x 100m Freestyle |
Meg Harris |
Mt St Michael’s College, Ashgrove, QLD |
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Silver - 400 m Freestyle |
Jack McLoughlin |
St Joseph’s College, Nudgee, QLD |
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Silver – Women’s 4x 200m Freestyle; Silver - 800m Freestyle |
Arianne Titmus |
St Patrick’s College, Launceston, TAS |
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Silver – Men’s Hockey |
Matthew Dawson
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Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School, The Entrance & St Edward’s College, Gosford, NSW. |
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Blake Govers |
St Joseph’s Catholic High School, Albion Park, NSW |
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Sliver – Women’s High Jump |
Nicola McDermott
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St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School, Woy Woy, NSW |
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Bronze – Women’s Quadruple Sculls |
Caitlin Cronin |
All Hallows School, Brisbane, QLD |
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Rowena Meredith |
Stella Maris College Manly, NSW & ACU undergraduate Bachelor of Paramedicine studies
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Bronze – 100m Freestyle |
Kyle Chalmers |
St Joseph’s School, Port Lincoln, SA |
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Bronze - 200m Backstroke |
Emily Seebohm |
St Joseph's Catholic Primary School and St John Fisher College, Bracken Ridge, QLD |
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Bronze – Women’s 4 × 200m freestyle |
Madison Wilson |
Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, Yeppoon, QLD |
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Bronze – Men’s 4x 100m and 200m Freestyle |
Kyle Chalmers |
St Joseph’s School, Port Lincoln, SA |
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Zac Incerti |
Aquinas College, Perth, WA |
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Alexander Graham |
St Kevin's College, VIC |
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Bronze – Men’s shortboard Surfing |
Owen Wright |
St John the Evangelist Catholic High School, Nowra, NSW |
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Bronze - Cycling Road Men’s Individual Time Trial |
Rohan Dennis |
Blackfriars Priory School, Adelaide, SA |
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Bronze – Men’s Basketball |
Nicholas Kay |
St Edward's Primary, Tamworth, NSW
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Patty Mills |
Marist College, Canberra, ACT |