Our 2023 Outback Ambassadors
Harriet Hudson grew up in rural Queensland, attending Sommerville House boarding school in Brisbane where she learned to row. In 2016, she moved to Sydney to study at Sydney University. She is currently in the final year of her degree in Occupational Therapy. Harriet Hudson first represented Australia on a world stage at the 2016 World Rowing Junior Championships in Rotterdam, where she finished sixth in the A-Final of the Junior Women's Single Scull. Hudson was selected alongside Rowena Meredith, Caitlin Cronin and Ria Thompson to race the Women's Quadruple Scull at the Final Olympic Qualification Regatta. They qualified for Tokyo by winning the FOQR and then, at the rescheduled Games the crew went on to win an Olympic bronze medal on the Sea Forest Waterway.
Jack Hargreaves hails from a rural town in Country New South Wales called Nyngan but relocated to boarding school in Sydney after completing his primary education and from there took up rowing. The St Joseph's graduate first represented Australia in 2013 when he competed in the Sydney World Rowing Cup 1 in the Men's Eight and claimed a bronze medal. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, held in July 2021, Hargreaves won an Olympic Gold Medal in the Men's Four with crew mates Alexander Hill, Alexander Purnell and Spencer Turrin. It was a famous victory that broke Australia's run of three consecutive Olympic Silver Medals in this boat class. Further, the result came almost 25 years to the day since Australia last won gold in this race at Atlanta 1996. Jack is currently studying for a Bachelor in Clinical Exercise Physiology. In 2022, Hargreaves remained in the Men's Coxless Four, with fellow Olympic Champions Alex Purnell OAM and Spencer Turrin OAM, as well as fellow Olympian Jack O'Brien. At World Cup 2 in Poznan, Poland the crew remained undefeated and retained the Gold Medal.
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