NOBLE Kathleen

Date of Birth: 20 Dec 1994

Age: 26

Gender: Female

Place of birth: LUWERO

Birth Country:

Uganda

Place of residence : SALT LAKE CITY, UT

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Women's Single Sculls	26

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Single Sculls Heat 2 #8	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Single Sculls Repechage 3 #25	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Single Sculls Semifinal E/F 1 #49	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Women's Single Sculls Final E #112	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

African Championships

Year	Location	L1x
2019	Tunis, TUN	4

World Championships Under 23

Year	Location	L1x
2016	Rotterdam, NED	20

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Playing guitar. (goprincetontigers.com, 01 Aug 2018)

Occupation:

Science Professional, Technician

Biology, Ecology - Princeton University, United States of America

Languages spoken:

Utah Crew [Salt Lake City, UT, USA]

Linda Iqbal [club]; Hassan Ismael [national]

Other sports:

She has competed in swimming for Uganda and set a national record in the 50m butterfly. (kawowo.com, 09 Mar 2020)

She took up rowing in 2014 while studying at Princeton University in the United States of America. (kawowo.com, 16 Oct 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Mar 2019)

"I was very good at swimming but later, while at university, a friend of mine introduced me to rowing which I later fell in love with." (the-sportsnation.com, 27 Dec 2019)

To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (kawowo.com, 16 Oct 2019)

"I am preparing for the [2020] Olympics by training hard. I do 8-10 training sessions per week while also working full-time in a research laboratory. There are not many people that row in Salt Lake City but I have found a training home with a high school team called Utah Crew. They have been very kind to me, allowing me to borrow a boat and join them for their training sessions." (kawowo.com, 16 Oct 2019)

Philosophy:

"Rowing is a sport that allows an athlete to push themselves to the absolute limit. Rowing is one of the most physically demanding sports there is and there is a lot of satisfaction in being strong and fast. I also love being outside on the water. I have enjoyed many beautiful moments rowing whether that was at Princeton in the autumn or on Lake Victoria in the early morning or here in Salt Lake in front of the mountains." (kawowo.com, 16 Oct 2019)

General Interest

General
OCCUPATION
She works as a laboratory technician at the Huntsman Cancer Institute in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America. (the-sportsnation.com, 27 Dec 2019; LinkedIn profile, 01 Mar 2019)

HERITAGE
Her parents moved from Ireland to Uganda in 1993. Her father Gerry provided health services at Kiwoko Hospital while her mother Moira was a teacher at Kampala International School. (the-sportsnation.com, 27 Dec 2019; utahcrew.org, 23 Oct 2019; goprincetontigers.com, 01 Aug 2018)

ROWING IN UGANDA
She hopes to see investment in rowing in Uganda improve. "Rowing at a competitive level is tough. By that I mean it is very physically and mentally demanding. This is one of the things I love about it but also a great challenge. In Uganda specifically I would say that lack of equipment and poor governance have been big challenges. Rowing is an expensive sport. To buy boats and oars and ergs, this is expensive. Sometimes the Ugandan rowing federation receives donations from clubs or companies in other countries but we cannot import the equipment because of lack of funds to pay import tax. For the last four months we had a number of ergs and oars that were donated to Uganda but were stuck at the airport because we lacked funds for taxes. Fortunately just this past week the government supported rowing. I think better governance and better equipment are key to the development of rowing in Uganda. Furthermore, I think to develop rowing in Uganda more people need to know about the sport and have the chance to try it." (kawowo.com, 16 Oct 2019)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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