Lindsey Maguire (born 15 January 1982) is a British rower who competed 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 ...

Personal life

Maguire was born in

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, Scotland. Her mother is former long jumper, Moira Walls. Maguire studied maths and psychology at the

University of Birmingham , mottoeng = Through efforts to heights , established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...

. She then completed a Masters in

Developmental Psychopathology Developmental psychopathology is the study of the development of psychological disorders (e.g., psychopathy, autism, schizophrenia and depression) with a life course perspective. Researchers who work from this perspective emphasize how psychopatho ...

Durham University , mottoeng = Her foundations are upon the holy hills (Psalm 87:1) , established = (university status) , type = Public , academic_staff = 1,830 (2020) , administrative_staff = 2,640 (2018/19) , chancellor = Sir Thomas Allen , vice_chan ...

(

Ustinov College Ustinov College is the largest college of Durham University, located in Durham, North East England. Founded as the Graduate Society in 1965, it became a college in 2003 and was named after then-chancellor, Sir Peter Ustinov. Formerly at the Howl ...

) in 2004.

Rowing career

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 ...

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, where she won a bronze medal as part of the eight with Alison Knowles,

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, Katie Greves,

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and Caroline O'Connor. She finished fifth in the women's eight at the 2012 Olympic Games.

References

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(archived) * * 1982 births Living people British female rowers Sportspeople from Edinburgh Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Great Britain Scottish female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Alumni of Ustinov College, Durham Alumni of the University of Birmingham Durham University Boat Club rowers European Rowing Championships medalists {{Scotland-rowing-bio-stub