Olympic medallist Hannah ‘ROWING & ROMANCE SAVED ME!’
When Olympic rower Hannah Osborne won silver in the double sculls in Tokyo in July, all she wanted to do was hug her loved ones. But COVID restrictions meant her family and beloved fiancé, fellow rower Anthony Allen, were at home in Aotearoa, cheering her on from afar.
“It was hard not to celebrate afterwards with them,” she tells Woman’s Day. “I wanted to give them a big cuddle and say, ‘Thank you for being there.’ Anthony has really seen me at my best and worst, with the same to be said for my family and his.”
Naturally quite shy, Cambridge-based Hannah struggles with being in the spotlight.
