Annabel Morwenna Vernon (born 1 September 1982) is a retired British rower. She was born in Truro, Cornwall. She was educated at St Minver Primary School then Wadebridge School,

Downing College, Cambridge Downing College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge and currently has around 650 students. Founded in 1800, it was the only college to be added to Cambridge University between 1596 and 1869, and is often described as the olde ...

, and

King's College London King's College London (informally King's or KCL) is a public research university located in London, England. King's was established by royal charter in 1829 under the patronage of King George IV and the Duke of Wellington. In 1836, King's ...

(MA International Relations). Vernon started rowing at Castle Dore Rowing Club at Golant in Cornwall when she was 17, influenced by her elder brother and father. She read history at

, where she rowed in the women's Blue Boat in 2003, under the presidency of Ruth de Las Casas. She was a member of

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while in Cambridge, then represented Thames Rowing Club and now rows under Marlow Rowing Club colours. She represented Great Britain in the Women's Quadruple Sculls at the

2008 Beijing Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Nat ...

, winning a silver medal. She was selected to row in the women's eight at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

. The crew reached the A Final of the event, and finished fifth. After retiring from active competition she embarked on a journalistic, media and speaking career. In 2019 she published her first book
Mind Games
with Bloomsbury Publishing, which looks at the psychology of elite sport through a mixture of academic theories and interviews with sports people.

Achievements

* Bronze medal in the pair at the World U23 Championships in Poznań. * Sixth in the women's single at the 2006 GB Senior Selection Trials in Belgium.

World Championships 2005

* Ninth in the single scull.

2006 World Cup Series

* Gold in the Double Scull at the Munich World Cup

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. * Fourth in Poznań. * Silver in

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World Championships 2006

* Fourth in the Double Scull.

World Championships 2007

* Gold in the Quad Scull

Beijing Olympics 2008

* Silver in the Quad Scull.

World Championships 2009

* Silver in the Double Scull

World Championships 2010

* Gold in the Quad Scull

References

External links

Official website
* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vernon, Annie 1982 births British female rowers People from Wadebridge Living people Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Alumni of King's College London Olympic rowers of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Truro Olympic medalists in rowing English female rowers Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain