New rowing biography! Alison ‘Wilma’ Brownless
Meet Alison, who won a gold and five silver World Rowing Championships medals from 1991-1996 in the lightweight four and pair.
View ArticleNew rowing biography! Annamarie Phelps
Meet Annamarie, 1993 World Champion, 1996 Olympian, former Chair of British Rowing, Steward, Chair-elect of CUBC and so much more.
View ArticleNew rowing biography! Trisha Corless
Meet Trisha, who rowed for GB from 1992-1996, winning silver in the Lt4- in Strathclyde in 96. She then became a hugely successful GB dragon boater.
View Article1997: The long-awaited first openweight gold medal
The latest instalment in the history of GB women's rowing: 1997 and the arrival of Lottery Funding.
View ArticleNew! 1998 – two golds for the first time
The latest instalment in the history of GB women's rowing: 1998 & the first gold in an Olympic boat class (from Gillian Lindsay & Miriam Batten in the 2x).
View ArticleRowing Story now available as podcasts!
Selected Rowing Story biographies are now available as podcasts, but do readers like this format?
View ArticleNew! All sorts of things go wrong in 1999
1999 was not a good year for the GB women's rowing team. Find out why.
View ArticleNew! How GB women won their first Olympic rowing medal in 2000
How the GB women's quad won the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and the lightweight pair won at the World Rowing Championships.
View ArticleA Brief History of GB Women’s Rowing at the Olympic Games
Summaries of the women's rowing programme at the Olympic Games 1976-2020 and the GBR women's rowing team
View ArticleIn memoriam: Margaret ‘Mac’ McKendrick
A short eulogy for GB cox Margaret McKendrick, who died in 2022.
View Article40 Years Ago: British Women’s First Henley Wins
In 1982, 12 women's crews raced at Henley Royal Regatta in 3 events. 2 were won by GB boats, with an unexpected legacy for women's rowing.
View ArticleNew! The story of 2001 plus Guin Batten’s rowing story
Catch up with the latest additions to RowingStory.com: the GB women's rowing team in 2001 & Guin Batten's biography
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