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2007-08: Competed in the 1st Varsity Eight that finished second at the NCAA Championships and won a silver medal at the Pac-10 Championships.
2006-07: Competed in the Varsity Eight in 2006.
High School: Rowed for St. Margaret's College for four years ... member of the New Zealand Junior National team in 2003 and 2004.
Personal: Has a lucky rock named Telula that comes to every race ... once had a job in construction building a prison ... majoring in product design ... parents are David and Sheryl Aubrey, sister is Dayna.
Getting to Know Sophie Aubrey
| Parents: | David and Sheryl Aubrey |
| Major: | Product Design |
| The things I love most about sports are: | I'm just a very competitive person |
| Favorite Pro Sports Team: | The All Blacks |
| Favorite Book: | Its Not About the Bike |
| Favorite Movie: | Cool Runnings and The Lion King My parents were right when they told me: |
| One wish I would make for the 21st century is: | World Peace |
| Earliest Rowing Memory: | It was a disaster |
| Did You Know: | It's impossible to sneeze with your eyes open No piece of square dry paper can be folded in half more than 7 times? If you could count the number of times a cricket chirps in one minute, divide by 2, add 9 and divide by 2 again, you would have the correct temperature in celcius degrees. It is impossible to lick your elbow. Donald Duck comics were banned from Finland because he doesn't wear pants. Another interesting fact about Donald Duck - never wore pants but always wore a towel when he came out of the shower! Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise.The electric chair was invented by a dentist. Phronemophobia is a fear of thinking. The petals of the largest flower are 1/2 metre (1,6 feet) long? |
| Favorite Pre-Race Rituals: | I have a lucky rock, named Telula. She comes to every race. |
| One moment in history I wish I could have seen was: | Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit of Mt Everest |
| Day Job: | I've had a few from working in a chocolate factory to construction work: building a prison. |
| Redwood Shores is: | One of the weirdest rowing courses I've ever been on |
| Favorite Rowing Venue: | Lake Ruataniwha, Twizel |
| Favorite TV Show: | Pinky and The Brain |
| For me to improve as a rower, I need to: | Way too much for this small space |