Jane Mary Cross (born 25 August 1961) is a former British

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

who competed at the

1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ...

Rowing career

Cross first became interested in rowing at a young age when she was part of the Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club, which led to joining the Weybridge Ladies ARC in 1977. In 1979 she competed in the FISA Youth Championships before joining the British senior squad the same year. In 1980 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's coxed four event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. The crew which consisted of Cross,

Pauline Janson Pauline Janson (born 26 November 1957) is a former British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Janson took up rowing while studying mathematics at St Hilda's College, Oxford and became Captain of Boats before rowing ...

Bridget Buckley Bridget Buckley (born 25 June 1955) is a British rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarloc ...

, Pauline Hart and Sue Brown (cox) finished in sixth place. She was part of the quadruple sculls which won the national title, rowing for a Kingston and

Thames The River Thames ( ), known alternatively in parts as the River Isis, is a river that flows through southern England including London. At , it is the longest river entirely in England and the second-longest in the United Kingdom, after the R ...

composite, with Caroline Casey, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Bernadette Carroll and Sue Brown (cox), at the 1981 National Championships and was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A Composite, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Jane 1961 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics