Marguerite Houston
- January 9, 2024
- Rower
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Marguerite Houston Biography
| Name | Marguerite Houston |
| Birthday | Jul 11 |
| Birth Year | 1981 |
| Place Of Birth | Brisbane |
| Birth Country | Australia |
| Birth Sign | Cancer |
Marguerite Houston is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on July 11, 1981 in Brisbane, Australia. Marguerite Houston, born 11 July 1981, is an Australian former lightweight rower. She is an Australian national champion and an Olympian. At nine consecutive Australian Rowing Championships, she competed in state representative events for Queensland and South Australia.
Houston raced again in the lightweight quad Australian at Milan 2003. They were awarded the bronze medal.
Notably, from 2005 to 2008 Houston contested all four events available to a female lightweight sculler at the Australian Rowing Championships – the single, the double, the quad national title and the quad interstate championship. She was victorious in ten of those sixteen races and twice placed second.
Still in the lightweight double-scull for the 2006 World Rowing Championships in Eton, Dorney but now paired with Halliday, Houston had greater success as they won the silver. They stayed together in that same boat the following year for Munich 2007 where Houston and Halliday won the gold bringing Marguerite’s second and Amber’s third world championship title.
Houston was the first Australian representative to make an appearance at 2002 World Rowing Cup II, Lucerne, Switzerland. She was selected in the lightweight quad-scull for the 2002 World Rowing Championships at Seville. Houston, Zita van der Walle, Miranda Bennett, and Hannah Every-Hall won the gold in her first World Championship title. They also set a new record for the event.
Marguerite Houston Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
Marguerite Houston is one of the richest Rower from Australia. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marguerite Houston 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Houston was the first Queensland woman to be selected to contest the Bicentennial Cup at 2000 Australian Rowing Championships. Houston competed in Queensland lightweight women’s teams that contested the Victoria Cup at Interstate Regatta. From 2001 to 2006, she raced in quad sculls consecutively; at stroke for the three final events.
Houston started competing in lightweight sculling events for Australia at the Australian Championships 2001, initially representing Toowong. In 2004, she won the UQBC colours national title in a double-scull. She also won the 2005 national triple wearing Adelaide Uni colours, winning the single scull title and at stroke in the quad scull. In 2006 and 2007, she repeated the tandem (double & quad), with Amber Halliday as the stroke seat. Houston was awarded the 2008 lightweight quad title.
Australia qualified a lightweight double scull for the Athens Olympics in 2004 being Sally Newmarch and Amber Halliday. There is no lightweight quad raced at the Olympics and Houston missed selection in Australia’s boat for the lightweight 2004 World Rowing Championships. Her 2004 international rowing was therefore restricted to that year’s World Rowing Cup III at Lucerne where she placed eight in the double-scull with Sally Newmarch. For the 2005 World Rowing Championships at Gifu, Japan Houston raced for Australia in the lightweight double scull with Kirsty Fleming. They placed sixth.
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