Victoria Roberts (rower)

Victoria Roberts (born 10 March 1978 in London) is an Australian former rower, a dual Olympian, and a three-time world champion.

[3] Roberts was first considered for Australian representative honours when she was selected in the coxless four who placed third at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne in 1999.

[5] With their excellent pre-Championship form Roberts doubled-up with Jo Lutz, Julia Wilson and Jane Robinson in the coxless four and also won gold.

Roberts came home from Switzerland as a dual World Champion and a member of the first Australian crew to win the women's eight event at Henley.

[5] As in 2001 four members of the eight also doubled up in the Australian coxless four with Roberts the only rower returning from the 2001 World Champion foursome to defend their title.

They finished third in the repechage and won a finals berth in which they rowed credibly, beating both their qualifying times and holding out the US crew for fifth place in Roberts' hometown Olympics.

In the Olympic final, the crew were fighting for a bronze medal when in the 3rd 500m Sally Robbins seated at six behind Roberts, began to lose consciousness.