Georgia Nugent-O'Leary

Georgia Nugent-O'Leary (born 14 August 1996) is a New Zealand rower. She competed at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the quad sculls.

Early life Nugent-O'Leary was born in 1996 in Whanganui. She is from Marton in the Rangitikei District. She received her schooling at Nga Tawa Diocesan School, where she started rowing in early 2012. She is studying for a Bachelor of Science with a major in food science. She relocated to Blenheim to become a member of the Central Rowing Performance Centre. She was invited to join the 2016/17 summer squad but in the second week of training, she crashed on her bike, broke an arm and received a concussion that sustained itself for a long time. This crash forced an 18-month retirement from rowing. In 2019, she once again trained at the Central Rowing Performance Centre. At the February 2019 National Championships, she competed in three senior boat classes. She came fourth in the double scull (with Ruby Willis), won silver with the quad scull (with Willis, Nicola Baker and Kirstyn Goodger ), and took out the national title with the eight. During 2019, she moved to Cambridge where most of New Zealand's elite rowers are based.

At the February 2020 National Championships, she competed in the single scull and double scull (with Sophie MacKenzie) and came fifth in both boat classes. This was her last competition before the country went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Olympic Games got delayed by 12 months. Later that same month at the 2021 National Championships, she competed in four boat classes. In the cox scull, she came fifth. With the eight, she won bronze and with the double scull (with Ruby Tew), she won silver. With the coxless four (alongside Jackie Gowler, Kerri Gowler, and Phoebe Collier), she gained her second national title. When the Olympic rowing team for the Tokyo Olympics got nominated in June 2021, Nugent-O'Leary was confirmed for the quad scull team.