Lily Alton-Triggs
Lily Alton-Triggs (born 29 September 1998) is an Australian representative rower. She has represented at junior and U23 World Championships and has been selected in the 2023 Australian senior squad.
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Australian |
| Born | 29 September 1998 |
| Sport | |
| Country | Australia |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | UQBC |
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Club and state rowing
Alton-Triggs attended St Margaret's Anglican Girls' School Brisbane where she took up rowing. Her senior club rowing has been from the University of Queensland Boat Club.
Alton-Triggs first made Queensland state selection in the 2015 women's youth eight which contested and placed second for the Bicentennial Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.[1] She made further Queensland youth eight appearances for a Bicentennial Cup victory in 2016 [2] and in 2017 to second place.
She made senior state selection for Queensland in 2019 when picked in the senior women's eight to contest the Queen's Cup at the Interstate Regatta.[3] She rowed in further Queensland Queen's Cup eights in 2021 (3rd place)[4] 2022 [5] and 2023 (3rd place).[6]
International representative rowing
Alton-Trigg's Australian representative debut was in 2015 when selected in the Australian junior women's coxless four to compete at the 2015 World Junior Rowing Championships in Rio de Janeiro. They recorded an overall ninth-placed finish although they did not start in the B final due to medical reasons.[7][8] The next year she was selected to race a coxless pair with Annika Hoffman at the 2016 World Junior Championships in Rotterdam. They rowed to a fourth-place finish.[7] In 2019 she was picked in a coxless four to race for Australia at the U23 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota. They finished in ninth place.[7]
In March 2023 Alton-Triggs was selected in the Australian senior women's sweep-oar squad for the 2023 international season.[9]