Sally Kehoe

Personal

Kehoe was born on 25 September 1986 in Toowoomba, Queensland. She went to school at Toowoomba Preparatory School before attending high school at St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School in Queensland and going on to study for a Bachelor of Business in Economics from the University of New England from 2006 to 2011. As of 2012, she lives in Toowoomba, Queensland. Kehoe is 172 centimetres (68 in) tall and weighs 75 kilograms (165 lb).

Club and national career

Kehoe rows from the Sydney University Women's Rowing Club, has competed in Single sculls, Double sculls, Quad sculls and Eights events and races for Queensland at the national level.

At the Australian Rowing Championships in 2005, 2009, 2011 & 2013 she won the Nell Slater Trophy in the Interstate Women's Single Scull representing Queensland. At that annual interstate regatta during the twelve-year period from 2005 to 2016, Kehoe was seated in the Queensland VIII to compete the Queen's Cup on eight occasions (for seven 2nd places and one 4th) and rowed the single scull for Queensland on seven occasions. On four occasions at the Interstate Regatta she has raced in both the VIII and the single scull on the same day.

In 2011, she was prolific at the national level. At the National Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships at West Lakes, South Australia she finished 3rd in the single scull, 1st in the double scull, 1st in the quad scull and 3rd in the first grade eight. Then in the Interstate Regatta she won the Nell Slater Trophy in the scull for Queensland and placed second in the Queensland VIII in the Queen Elizabeth Cup.

International rowing career

Kehoe rowed for Australia at the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton Dorney in the women's quad, with her crew making the final after beating Germany in the first heat. They took the silver medal behind Great Britain.

Kehoe competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics in the women's VIII who finished sixth in the final.

At the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, Slovenia Kehoe rowed in the Australian quad who finished fourth. That same year at the 2011 World Cup #3 in Lucerne, Switzerland she rowed in an Australian quad who finished fifth.

She rowed in the Australian VIII who finished fifth at the 2012 World Cup 3 in Munich, Germany and fourth in the same event at the 2012 World Cup 2 in Lucerne, Switzerland. As a member of the VIII over a 2000-metre course that crew set a time of 6 minutes 12.36 seconds over the 2000 metre course qualifying them for the 2012 Olympics. She was then selected to represent Australia at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the VIII. She earned selection in the boat after a battle between ten women for the eight spots. Rowers in the eight boat nicknamed their team the "Motley Crew".

At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Kehoe raced in Australia's double scull with Olympia Aldersey. They finished third in the final and won the bronze medal. During the preliminary racing Kehoe and Aldersey set a world-record time for 2000m of 6:37.31 This record has stood since.

Following her 2nd place behind Kim Crow in the interstate sculling title at the 2016 Australian Rowing Championships, Kehoe and Genevieve Horton from the Mosman Rowing Club took a double scull to the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. They qualified for the 2016 Rio Olympics and were selected to row Australia's double-scull at Rio. They were eliminated at the semi-final stage and ultimately raced in a B final.