Miriam Batten (born 4 November 1964) is a former

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rower who competed at three Olympic Games and winning a silver medal in 2000.

Rowing career

Miriam was a member of the Southampton University Boat Club whilst she studied at the University of Southampton. Batten was part of the coxless fours with

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and Caroline Christie that won the national title rowing for the British squad at the 1990 National Championships. The first of three Olympic Games appearances came at the

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in Barcelona when she was selected for the coxless pair with

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. The pair finished in fifth place. The second of three Olympic Games appearances came at the

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in Atlanta when she was selected in the

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. The team which consisted of Batten,

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, Lisa Eyre, Dot Blackie, Kate Pollitt, Cath Bishop, Joanne Turvey,

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and

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finished in seventh place. In 1997 she represented Great Britain at the

1997 World Rowing Championships The 1997 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 August to 7 September 1997 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation) ...

in Lac d'Aiguebelette and won a silver medal in the double scull with Scot

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. The following year she represented Britain again at the

1998 World Rowing Championships The 1998 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 9 to 18 September 1998 in Cologne, Germany. The World Rowing Championships are organized by FISA, the International Rowing Federation. Medal summary Men' ...

in Cologne and this time won a gold medal in the double scull with Gillian Lindsay. Her most prestigious moment came in her third Olympics at 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 ...

in Sydney. She competed in the quadruple scull and won a silver medal with her younger sister Guin Batten. On 3 June 2012, Miriam was amongst the rowers (with her sister, Guin Batten) on the

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at the start of the

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Personal life

She is married to David Luke, who works as a

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teacher at Chiltern Edge Secondary School. She is a Vice President of

Thames Rowing Club The Thames Rowing Club (TRC) is a rowing club based on the tidal Thames as it flows through the western suburbs of London. The TRC clubhouse stands on Putney Embankment. The club was founded in 1860. As at July 2022, Thames had won events at H ...

, the club which she represented during her international competitive career, President of Henley Rowing Club, and a member of

Upper Thames Rowing Club Upper Thames Rowing Club is an English rowing club. It has a large clubhouse at Remenham in Berkshire, on the River Thames near the town of Henley-on-Thames and is set back by its lawn frontage from the first half of the course of Henley Ro ...

. She was appointed Chairman of the

Henley Women's Regatta Henley Women's Regatta, often abbreviated to "HWR" or "Women's Henley", is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. Chris Aistrop and Rosemary Mayglothling were jointly responsible for setting up the Regatta in June 1988 and Aistrop ...

in 2012. In December 2016 she was appointed as a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Batten, Miriam 1964 births Living people English female rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Alumni of the University of Southampton Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain