Renee Chatterton took up rowing in 2009 through the SASI Talent ID program. Just one year after taking up the sport she won silver in the women’s four at the U23 World Championships in Brest, Belarus. Competing in the women’s pair at the U23 World Championships in 2011, Chatterton was fourth. She graduated to senior competition the following year and won silver in the women’s four at the World Championships in Bled, Slovenia.
In 2012, Chatterton was part of the women’s eight that won the Olympic Qualification Regatta, qualifying for the London Olympics where they placed sixth. Chatterton and the women’s eight won gold at the 2013 Sydney World Cup and then finished fifth at the World Championships in Korea.