[1] She knew that she wanted to compete at Olympic Games as a child but had not chosen a sport yet.

[2] Haigh was in the New Zealand Women's Pair from 2004 to 2008 with Nicky Coles, then returned to the event after a year out and partnered Rebecca Scown in the boat.

[4][5][6] Haigh and Scown won the bronze medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in the same event.

[8] After having been together for six years, Haigh got engaged to fellow New Zealand rower Mahé Drysdale in 2013.

[9] They married later in 2013 and spent their honeymoon on Mahé in the Seychelles; her husband is named for the island but had never been there before.