Tara Kelly (born 21 June 1985) is an Australian former representative lightweight rower. She was a national champion and 2007 world champion.

Club and state rowing

Kelly was educated at St Joseph's Queensland where she took up rowing. She won the national Schoolgirl Scull title at the

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in 2001. Kelly's senior rowing was done from the Tweed Heads Rowing Club. In 2007, Kelly rowed in the Queensland state representative crew contesting the Victoria Cup in the women's lightweight quad scull at the Interstate Regatta within the

. In Tweed Heads Rowing Club colours she also contested national titles at the

. She raced in the lightweight double scull in 2006; in the lightweight quad scull in 2007; and she contested the lightweight single scull event in 2006 winning that year's Australian title.

International representative rowing

Kelly first represented Australia at the 2003

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in Athens. In a

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with

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she won gold and a junior world title.Kelly at World Rowing
/ref> In 2004 and 2005 she represented at the

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in the double scull. She placed third with Susanne Brown in Poznan in 2004 and second with Jessica Huston in Amsterdam in 2005. Kelly was elevated to the senior Australian women's lightweight quad for the

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in Munich. Seated at three with

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, and Alice McNamara they won their heat and lead the final from the 500 m mark to claim the gold and Kelly's first and only senior World Championship title.2007 World Championships at Guerin Foster
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References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kelly, Tara 1985 births Living people Australian female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia 21st-century Australian women Place of birth missing (living people)