How It Started, How It's Going: 2013 Jr Worlds Photos of 2023 Women's Scullers (AUS, ITA, NED, NZL)

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October 2, 2023
Ed Hewitt, row2k.com

This photo has three 2023 Worlds rowers: L-R: Chiara Ondoli (not on the 2023 team), Stefania Gobbi, Valentina Iseppi, and Valentina Rodini

Continuing with then and now images of 2013 Junior Worlds athletes who raced in the 2023 World Championships, here is a batch of women's scullers from Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, and New Zealand.

Valentina Iseppi, Valentina Rodini, and Stefania Gobbi

All three of these Italian rowers were in the Italian Junior Women's quad that won gold in 2013; here they are today.

Rodini in 2023

Iseppi in 2023

Gobbi in 2023

Amanda Bateman

Amanda Bateman rowed in the Australian Junior Women's Quad that finished seventh overall in 2013; she rowed in the Women's Double in 2023.

Amanda Bateman in 2013

Amanda Bateman in the bow seat in 2023

Brooke Donoghue

Brooke Donoghue rowed in the three seat of the NZ Junior Women's quad in 2013, and is seen here in the bow of the 2x after qualifying the boat for Paris in 2023.

Brooke Donoghue in the three seat in 2013

Brooke (Donoghue) Francis (right) after qualifying the 2x for Paris, 2023

Fredrica Cesarini

Fredrica Cesarini rowed in the pair in 2013, and the light women's double in 2023.

Fredrica Cesarini (stroke) in 2013

Fredrica Cesarini (stroke) in 2023

Bente Paulis

Bente Paulis rowed in the two-seat of the Netherlands Junior Women's quad in 2013, and stroked the silver medal winning quad in 2023.

Paulis on right

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