Harriet Austin (born 14 May 1988) is a New Zealand rower from

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. She represented New Zealand in the women's eights in the

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, and again in the 2010 World Rowing Cup at

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, Switzerland. She rowed in the number 6 seat, and was captain, for the Oxford women's crew in the 2017 Boat Race while studying for an MBA at Christ Church,

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. Along with her sister Kate she rowed across the Mediterranean in 2017 in a biannual race called "NOMAN is an Island: Race to END HPV", part of the HPV and Anal Cancer Foundation.

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1988 births Living people New Zealand female rowers Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Rowers from Whanganui 21st-century New Zealand women {{NewZealand-rowing-bio-stub