Zita van de Walle (later Briones, born 8 February 1973) is an Australian former representative rower – a national champion and a 2002 world champion.

Club and state rowing

Born in Sydney, van de Walle's senior rowing was done from the Sydney University Women's Rowing Club. van de Walle raced in New South Wales representative women's crews who contested the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta from 2001 to 2004. She won New South Wales state championships in 2004 in the single and double.

International representative rowing

She made her first Australian senior representative appearance in the lightweight quad at the

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in Seville, Spain. With

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she rowed to a gold medal, a World Championship title and a new world record time. It was Australia's second successive World Championship win in this boat class. van de Walle was Australia's lightweight single sculls entrant to the

in Milan. She placed fourteenthvan de Walle at World Rowing
/ref> For the lightweight only World Championships in 2004 (being an Olympic year), Australia selected a development squad for the next Olympiad. van der Walle made the quad scull which placed seventh. It was her last international outing in Australian colours.

Personal

Zita is married to the Spanish rowing coach Gonzalo Briones.SUWBC appoints Briones
/ref> She has coached Sydney Uni women's crews as Zita Briones and is an accountant.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:van de Walle, Zita 1973 births Living people Australian female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Australia Rowers from Sydney Sportswomen from New South Wales