Pauline D Wright (born 2 December 1954) is a retired British rowing cox who competed at the

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and the

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Rowing career

Wright participated in the

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which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the quadruple sculls event the crew were eliminated in the heats. She won a national title in the coxed four at the 1975 National Championships and she was part of the coxed four at the

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in Nottingham, the crew finished 9th overall after a third-place finish in the B final. She was selected as cox for the Great Britain crew that competed in the women's coxed four at the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. The crew which consisted of

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, Diana Bishop,

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and

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finished in eighth place. Wright was part of the coxed fours crew, with Yvonne Earl, Maggie Phillips

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and Chris Grimes, that won the national title rowing for the Civil Service Ladies Rowing Club, at the 1977 National Championships. She also secured a silver medal in the quadruple sculls. She was consequently selected for Great Britain in the coxed fours with Earl, Phillips, Boyes and Grimes at the

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in Amsterdam. In 1980 she coxed the

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that was selected to go to the Olympic Games in Moscow, the crew which contained

, Gill Hodges,

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, Penny Sweet,

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, Rosie Clugston and Beverly Jones finished in fifth place. She was part of the eight that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat at the 1981 National Championships.

References

1954 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing (living people) Coxswains (rowing) {{UK-rowing-bio-stub