Olympia Aldersey

Born during the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, there’s little wonder how Olympia Aldersey got her name. From a young age, it look destined Olympia would in fact become an Olympian. 

At age 15, she began rowing and shortly after was selected in South Australia's women's youth eight squads in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012.

In 2010, Olympia made her senior debut for South Australia, finishing fourth in the Queen's Cup.

It was also in 2010 where Olympia got her first international experience, competing in Australian youth squads at the Junior World Championships where she finished third in the women's four. Less than two weeks after, she won silver as part of a pair at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore.

Two years later in 2012, Olympia won gold in the women's quadruple scull race at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Lithuania.

In 2013, Olympia made her senior international debut, competing in all three World Rowing Cups, finishing with 2 bronze medals in Switzerland and the UK, and also gold in Sydney Australia.

It wouldn't be long for Olympia to achieve more success as she won two gold medals across the three World Rowing Cups in 2014, this time as part of a double scull alongside Olympian Sally Kehoe.

Later in 2014, Olympia and Sally set a 2000m double sculls world-record time of 6:37:31 during her preliminary race at the World Rowing Championships.

Although initially missing qualification for the Rio 2016 Games, Olympia received a late call up for the Games.

As a member of the Australian women's eight, Olympia made her Olympic debut in Rio de Janeiro, finishing fourth in their heat and fifth in the repechage.

Following the Olympics, Olympia competed in four World Rowing Cups across 2017 and 2018 and collected two bronze medals. However, at the 2018 World Rowing Championships, Olympia finally won gold in quadruple sculls.

Following her success in 2018, 2019 was a fantastic year for Olympia, winning a gold medal at both the World Rowing Cup and the World Rowing Championships, the latter securing qualification for Tokyo 2020.

Olympia competed in her second Olympic Games at Tokyo 2020. Rowing in the women's eight, Australia finished fifth in the A-Final.

After not featuring in any international tournaments in 2022, Olympia returned in 2023 strongly, finishing with a gold and bronze medal across World Rowing Cups II and III. At the World Rowing Championships the same year, Olympia finished third in the women's eight.