Justine Carroll (married name: Battersby) is an Australian former lightweight rower. She was a three-time national champion and won a silver medal at the

1988 World Rowing Championships The 1988 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held on 6 August 1988 at Milan in Italy. Since 1988 was an Olympic year for rowing, the World Championships did not include Olympic events scheduled for the 1988 Summ ...

Club and state rowing

Carroll's senior club rowing was from the

Mosman Rowing Club Mosman Rowing Club is an all-level competitive and recreational rowing club on the North Shore of Sydney. Since 2007 the club's facilities have been wholly located at The Spit in Sydney's Middle Harbour, the northern arm of Port Jackson. Merca ...

. Carroll was first selected for New South Wales at the senior level in 1987 lightweight coxless four which contested the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta. She raced in that event again in 1988 and 1990. In 1988 with Carrol at stroke the New South Wales crossed the line first by a convincing margin but were disqualified due to a doping infringement. She rowed in Mosman Rowing Club colours contesting Australian national titles in the lightweight pair and the lightweight coxless four on a number of occasions. In 1987 she won the lightweight championships title with Virginia Lee and placed second in the coxless four. In 1988 she again won the pair with Lee and won the national lightweight coxless four title with Lee, Jean Turner and Simone Salier from Mosman. In 1990 she placed third in the pair and second in the four.

International representative rowing

Carroll made her Australian representative debut in the lightweight coxless four at the Milan 1988. Battersby stroked that crew to a silver medal.

Personal

She is married to

James Battersby James Stewart Battersby (born 5 November 1958) is an Australian former national champion and Olympic level rower. Club and state rowing His senior rowing was with the Mosman Rowing Club in Sydney. Battersby was first selected to represent Ne ...

an Australian champion and Olympic rower also from the

. They have three daughters.Battersby profile at RowPerfect
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carroll, Justine Living people Australian female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Australian women Place of birth missing (living people)