Hester Goodsell (born 27 June 1984) is a British rower and music teacher.

Rowing career

Goodsell rowed in the

Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Lightweight rowing (abbreviated Lwt or Lt) is a category of rowing where limits are placed on the maximum body weight of competitors. According to the International Rowing Federation (FISA), this weight category was introduced "to encourage more u ...

at the

2008 Summer 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 Na ...

. She was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the

2011 World Rowing Championships The 2011 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 28 August to 4 September 2011 at Lake Bled in the Slovenian city of Bled. The annual week-long rowing regatta is organized by World Rowing Federation Worl ...

in Bled, where she won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight double sculls with Sophie Hosking.

Personal life

She graduated in music from the

University of York , mottoeng = On the threshold of wisdom , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £8.0 million , budget = £403.6 million , chancellor = Heather Melville , vice_chancellor = Charlie Jeffery , students ...

. Until 2010, she was Director of Music at the

Elvian School The Elvian School was an independent school in Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom run by the Licensed Trade Charity as a co-educational, non-denominational Christian school. It was previously the Roman Catholic boys' school Presentation College ...

in Reading, Berkshire. She is now Director of Music at Notting Hill and Ealing High School in West London.

References

1984 births Living people English female rowers British female rowers Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Great Britain World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{UK-rowing-bio-stub