Renae Domaschenz

Renae Domaschenz (born 7 February 1979) is an Australian rowing coxswain and coach. She was the coxswain in the PR3 Mix 4+ at the 2020 Tokyo Paralympics.

Personal Domaschenz was born on 7 February 1979. She grew up in Adelaide and studied at the University of Adelaide. She then completed a PhD at Cambridge University on molecular oncology. She was a Research Fellow for the Department of Genomes Sciences at the Australian National University.

Rowing Domaschenz became a coxswain in 2002 whilst studying at Cambridge University and coxed for Cambridge University Boat Club in the famous Oxford v Cambridge Boat Race. She then joined the high performance squad at Molesey Boat Club in London.

At the 2020 Summer Paralympics, Domaschenz was the cox of the PR3 Mix 4+ consisting of Tom Birtwhistle, James Talbot, Alexandra Viney and Nikki Ayers. The team qualified for the final after winning their Repechage with time of 7:06.98 but came fourth in the final and failed to win a medal.

Domaschenz has been Assistant Coach/Pathways Development Coordinator for the ACT Academy of Sport/ Rowing ACT High Performance Program. She is the current coach of Paralympic medallist Kathryn Ross.

In 2021, Domaschenz is a member of the ANU Boat Club.