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Joanne Turvey
Joanne Sarah Turvey (married name Joanne White; born 6 July 1969, in Isleworth) is a former British rower who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics and 1996 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Turvey was selected by Great Britain for the women's coxless pair with Miriam Batten at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona, the pair finished in fifth place. She won double bronze in the single sculls and quadruple sculls at the 1995 National Championships. The second of her Olympic Games appearances came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta when she was selected in the women's eight. The team which consisted of Turvey, Miriam Batten, Annamarie Stapleton, Lisa Eyre, Dot Blackie, Kate Pollitt, Cath Bishop, Alison Gill and Suzie Ellis Suzanne Kathryn Longstaff (née Ellis, born 14 June 1969) is a British teacher and former rower. Biography Longstaff attended Abbots Bromley School and then Durham University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Economics. She coxed for Durha ... fini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isleworth
Isleworth ( ) is a town located within the London Borough of Hounslow in West London, England. It lies immediately east of the town of Hounslow and west of the River Thames and its tributary the River Crane, London, River Crane. Isleworth's original area of settlement, alongside the Thames, is known as 'Old Isleworth'. The north-west corner of the town, bordering on Osterley to the north and Lampton to the west, is known as 'Spring Grove'. Isleworth's former River Thames, Thames frontage of approximately one mile, excluding that of the Syon Park estate, was reduced to little over half a mile in 1994 when a borough boundary realignment was effected in order to unite the district of St Margaret's wholly within London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. As a result, most of Isleworth's riverside is that part overlooking the islet of Isleworth Ait: the short-length River Crane flows into the Thames south of the Isleworth Ait, and its artificial distributary the Duke of Northumberland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Eyre
Lisa Eyre (born 18 December 1968) is a British former rower. She competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXVII Olympiad and also known as Sydney 2000 (Dharug: ''Gadigal 2000''), the Millennium Olympic Games or the Games of the New Millennium, was an international multi-sport event held from 1 .... References External links * 1968 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nantwich World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Rowers Of Great Britain
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People From Isleworth
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British Female Rowers
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1969 Births
This year is notable for Apollo 11's first landing on the moon. Events January * January 4 – The Government of Spain hands over Ifni to Morocco. * January 5 **Ariana Afghan Airlines Flight 701 crashes into a house on its approach to London's Gatwick Airport, killing 50 of the 62 people on board and two of the home's occupants. * January 14 – An explosion aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65), USS ''Enterprise'' near Hawaii kills 27 and injures 314. * January 19 – End of the siege of the University of Tokyo, marking the beginning of the end for the 1968–69 Japanese university protests. * January 20 – Richard Nixon is First inauguration of Richard Nixon, sworn in as the 37th President of the United States. * January 22 – Attempted assassination of Leonid Brezhnev, An assassination attempt is carried out on Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev by deserter Viktor Ilyin. One person is killed, several are injured. Leonid Brezhnev, Brezhnev es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suzie Ellis
Suzanne Kathryn Longstaff (née Ellis, born 14 June 1969) is a British teacher and former rower. Biography Longstaff attended Abbots Bromley School and then Durham University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Economics. She coxed for Durham University Women's Boat Club as a student. From 1991-1994 she was employed as an Advertising Manager at Haymarket Publishing. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she began teacher training at Homerton College, Cambridge, and was selected to cox the Cambridge University Boat Club's reserve crew ''Goldie'' at the 1997 Boat Race. The same year she was the cox for the British crew that won the bronze medal in the women's eight at the 1997 World Championships. She was selected to cox the university's reserve crew for a second time in 1998. Longstaff has been Headmistress of Putney High School Putney High School is an independent all-girls school in Putney, London. Often referred to as simply ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alison Gill
Alison Jane Gill (born 23 August 1966 in Bristol) is a British rower. Along with Annabel Eyres she finished 5th in the women's double sculls at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Gill studied at St Hilda's College, Oxford St Hilda's College is one of the Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. The college is named after the Anglo-Saxon Saint, Hilda of Whitby and was founded in 1893 as a hall for women; it .... References External links * * * * 1966 births Living people English female rowers British female rowers Sportspeople from Bristol Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1988 Summer Olympics Alumni of St Hilda's College, Oxford Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cath Bishop
Catherine Bishop (born 22 November 1971) is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Following a career as a diplomat she is now a leadership speaker, writer and consultant. Early life and education Bishop was born in Leigh on Sea, England, and educated at Westcliff High School for Girls. She has a BA in modern languages from Pembroke College, Cambridge, a master's in international politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D. in contemporary German literature from the University of Reading. Career Rowing Bishop won medals at the World Championships twice, a silver in 1998 in the women's pair with Dot Blackie, and gold in 2003, again in the pair, with Katherine Grainger. In 1999 she was the World Indoor Rowing Champion. She competed in the Women’s Eight in the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996), the Coxless Pair in Sydney (2000) b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate Pollitt
Kate Pollitt (born 24 August 1967) is a British rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, .... References External links * 1967 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Norwich {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dot Blackie
Dorothy Roberts (née Blackie; born 18 February 1967) is a retired British rower. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, 1996 Summer Olympics and the 2000 Summer Olympics. Roberts is Pathway and Performance Manager for Scottish Swimming and a member of the Scottish Rowing Board of Directors A board of directors (commonly referred simply as the board) is an executive committee that jointly supervises the activities of an organization, which can be either a for-profit or a nonprofit organization such as a business, nonprofit organiz ... serving as the Director of Performance. References External links * 1967 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from St Andrews {{UK-rowing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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