Coleraine's Olympic golden girl comes home

Name: Hannah Scott: Gold medallist rower welcomed in Coleraine
Uploaded: 2024-08-14T19:23:02.972Z
Duration: 1 min 26 s
Description: Scott won the women's quadruple sculls in a photo finish in Paris racing alongside her team mates.

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Rower Hannah Scott, who won gold at the Paris 2024 Olympics has returned to her home town of Coleraine.

Scott won the women's quadruple sculls in a photo finish in Paris racing alongside fellow Team GB and NI crew members Georgina Brayshaw, Lola Anderson, and Lauren Henry.

She is the second woman from Northern Ireland to win gold at the Olympics, following Lady Mary Peters’ gold medal win in the Munich Olympics in 1972.

Scott joins swimmers Daniel Wiffen and Jack McMillan, and gymnast Rhys McClenaghan, as 2024 gold medallists from Northern Ireland.