Sarah Anne Tait was an Australian rower - a national and world champion, three-time Olympian and Olympic-medal winner.
16 Facts About Sarah Tait
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Sarah Tait was the first mother to represent Australia in rowing at Olympic level, having returned to international competition following the birth of her daughter.
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Sarah Tait was educated at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls in Perth.
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Sarah Tait was selected in representative Western Australian senior women's eights competing for the Queen's Cup in the Interstate Regatta at the Australian Championships on nine occasions between 2001 and 2007.
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Sarah Tait won a national title in coxless pair in 2005 with Natalie Beal.
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Sarah Tait contested the coxless four in 2005 and 2006 and the women's eight in composite Western Australian crews in 2005,2006 and 2007.
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Sarah Tait competed at the Summer Olympics three times, in the women's eights at the 2004 and 2008 games and in the women's coxless pair at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, where she won a silver medal with Kate Hornsey.
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Sarah Tait won her first world championship title in the Australian women's eight at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan.
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Sarah Tait was picked as captain of the Australian women's rowing team at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games, and at the 2010 and 2011 World Rowing Championships.
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Three months after the 2008 Olympics, Sarah Tait became pregnant with her first child.
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At around this time, Rowing Australia changed their policy on family visits to athletes, enabling children to visit their parents while training and competing; Sarah Tait was credited with inspiring this change.
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Sarah Tait announced her retirement from competitive rowing on 26 February 2014, as she had been diagnosed with cervical cancer after the birth of her second child eleven months earlier.
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Sarah Tait was married to national rowing coach Bill Sarah Tait and was a second cousin of rower David Crawshay.
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Sarah Tait's father, Simon Outhwaite, was an Australian rules footballer for South Fremantle Football Club.
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Sarah Tait died on 3 March 2016, aged 33, in Melbourne, Victoria.
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Sarah Tait had been diagnosed with cervical cancer in 2013.