Marina Hatzakis
Marina Ann Hatzakis (born 7 March 1972 in Sydney) is an Australian former rower - a dual Olympian who represented at world championships between 1993 and 2000. Club and state rowing Hatzakis' senior club rowing was from the Queensland University Boat Club in Brisbane and later at the UTS Haberfield Rowing Club in Sydney. From 1993 to 1996 and in 2000 Hatzakis was selected as Queensland's single sculls representative to contest the Nell Slatter Trophy at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships. In 1996 she also stroked Queensland's women's coxless four contesting the ULVA Trophy. In 1997 Hatzakis relocated to Sydney to pursue her national aspirations. That year she was selected to stroke the New South Wales women's coxless four to contest the ULVA Trophy. She contested national championship titles at numerous Australian Rowing Championships. She contested the open women's single scull in QUBC colours in 1994, 1995 and 1996 and in black and white for UTS Haberfield in 1997 and 2000. International representative rowing Hatzakis' Australian representative debut came in 1993 as a sculler. She competed at the 1993 World Rowing Championships in Racice in a double scull with Jenny Luff and placed ninth overall. In 1994