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Kim Brennan

Kim Brennan
AM
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Personal information
Birth name Kimberley Crow
Full name Kimberley Brennan
Born 9 August 1985 (1985-08-09) (age 31)
Melbourne, Australia
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 74 kg (163 lb)

Kimberley "Kim" Brennan AM (née Crow; born 9 August 1985) is an Australian World Champion, Olympian and Olympic Gold Medal winning rower.

Crow was born in Melbourne and went to school at Templestowe Heights Primary School from prep to year 4 then Ruyton Girls' School from year 5. Her father Max Crow was a Victorian Football League footballer between 1974 and 1986. She is a qualified lawyer and has been a regular columnist for The Age. She married Beijing Olympic double sculls gold medallist Scott Brennan in Hobart, Tasmania on 30 December 2015 and became known as Kim Brennan.

Crow was a 400 m hurdler and she won the silver medal at the 2001 World Youth Championships in Athletics. She won the Australian junior title at the Australian Athletics Championships for the seasons 2001–2002 and 2003–2004. At the 2003–2004 Australian Athletics Championships, she finished fourth in the Senior final behind Jana Pittman and was the ranked the second Australian.

In 2005, Crow took up rowing after a leg injury ended her hurdling career. Crow is a member of the Melbourne University Boat Club in Melbourne and represents for Victoria at the national level. At the Australian Rowing Championships in 2012, 2015 & 2016 she won the Nell Slater Trophy in the Interstate Women's Single Scull representing Victoria. During the Victorian Women's VIII's twelve year consecutive victory run from 2005 to 2016, Crow was seated in the boat on nine occasions for nine Queen's Cup victories up till 2016. On five occasions at the Interstate Regatta she has raced in both the VIII and the single scull on the same day, winning both titles on three occasions.


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