Her journey now sees the 29-year-old set to become a two-time Olympian – Noble represented Uganda at the Tokyo Games – when she competes at Paris 2024.
She is Uganda’s first Olympic rowing participant, as well as the African nation’s first and only White Olympian across any sporting discipline.
A prodigious swimmer in her youth, Noble represented Uganda at the 2012 World Swimming Championships at just 17 years of age.
Then, on a whim during her time as a student at Princeton University, Noble was convinced to try her hand at rowing.
Lee Jin-man/APIt is not just a lack of equipment which has hampered rowing’s growth in the east African country.
Persons:
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Organizations:
CNN, Tokyo Games, Princeton University, CNN Sport, Olympic, World Rowing Federation, Tokyo, Uganda Rowing Federation, Ugandan Rowing Federation, National Council of Sports, Ugandan, Paris Games
Locations:
Uganda, Africa, Lake Victoria, Great, Tennessee, Nakaseke, “ Uganda, It’s, Ireland, Tokyo, Paris