# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/grace-prendergast
# Generated: 2026-08-13T18:01:11.633Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/grace-prendergast"
name: "Grace Prendergast"
slug: "grace-prendergast"
description: "Grace Elizabeth Prendergast is a former New Zealand sweep rower. She is a 15-time national champion in the premier category, an Olympic champion, a five-time world champion and the current (2022) world champion in the coxless pair. She grew up in Christchurch, where she started rowing for the Avon Rowing Club in 2007. She competed at the Tokyo Olympics in two boat classes and won gold in the coxless pair and a silver in the eight and set a new world's best time in the pair. Various parties, including the World Rowing Federation, expected her to win medals in Tokyo. She was the highest ranked female rower in the world twice in a row in 2019 and 2021. Since 2014, her rowing partner in the coxless pair has been Kerri Gowler. Prendergast is also a Boat Race winner, having competed as part of Cambridge University Boat Club's (CUBC) women's crew in 2022. She retired from professional rowing in October 2022."
tagline: "New Zealand rower"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Grace_Prendergast_2015-09-05.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "New Zealand"
  isoCode: "NZ"
birthDate: "1992-06-30"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             3.309859154929578
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    title: "Grace Prendergast"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump