Olivia Carnegie-Brown (born 28 March 1991 in Westminster,

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) is a British rower.Olivia Carnegie-Brown
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at the

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Education

She was educated at

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and attended

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. While at school at Caversham, Carnegie-Brown started her rowing career on GB Rowing Team's Start programme. For three years she trained under Eira Parry.

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1991 births Living people English female rowers British female rowers Rowers from Greater London Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in rowing Alumni of Oxford Brookes University People educated at Queen Anne's School European Rowing Championships medalists {{UK-rowing-bio-stub