BMX world champion Caroline Buchanan and rowing world champion Kim Crow have been crowned joint winners of the 2013 athlete of the year award at the Australian Institute of Sport last night.
Buchanan has had an outstanding year, claiming two world championships, the BMX world title in New Zealand and the UCI Four Cross World Championship in Austria.
Crow created history by becoming the first Australian to win a gold medal in the women’s single scull at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in South Korea.
That win came just 14 months after her first single scull race and is another successful milestone for the former 400 metre hurdler.
AIS Director Matt Favier said he “couldn’t split the performances of Caroline and Kim.”
“It demonstrates the strength of our sporting women in Australia,” he said.
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