Natalie Long

Born in South Africa with Irish grandparents on her father’s side Natalie moved to Cobh in 2007 with her dad, where initially she took up ocean rowing. She began classic rowing while studying for a degree in diagnostic radiography in London. She has only pursued the sport seriously since 2018 and a return to single sculling helped her break into the Irish squad in 2021 at the age of 32, but she did not make the team for Tokyo. Natalie won silver in the Four at Europeans in 2022, and was also seventh at 2022 Worlds in a pair.