Rachel Clare Hirst married name Rachel Stanhope (born 4 March 1965) 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 ...

who won a silver medal at the

1989 World Rowing Championships The 1989 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 2 to 10 September 1989 at Lake Bled near Bled in SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југослав ...

in Bled, in the lightweight coxless four event and competed at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

Rowing career

She won the single sculls title rowing for Trent Polytechnic, at the 1986 National Championships and the following year she repeated the success but this time rowing for the

Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association abbreviated NCRA is a rowing club based at the Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham. History The club was formed in 1981 by a small group of elite rowers from the Trentside clubs in ...

. In 1989 she won the coxed four and lightweight coxless four national titles at the 1989 National Championships. and won a silver medal at the

in Bled. She was selected to represent Great Britain in the

women's eight An eight is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing (crew). It is designed for eight rowers, who propel the boat with sweep oars, and is steered by a coxswain, or "cox". Each of the eight rowers has one oar. The rowers, who sit ...

event at the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. The team which consisted of Hirst,

Fiona Freckleton Fiona Freckleton (born 6 November 1960) is a British rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Freckleton is a bronze medalist in the Women's Pairs at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna, Great Br ...

, Philippa Cross, Dot Blackie, Susan Smith,

Kate Grose Katherine L.F. Grose (born 7 February 1959) is a retired British rower, who competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Gross took up rowing while at Cambridge University in 1978. Six years later she was in ...

Kareen Marwick Kareen Elizabeth Marwick married name Kareen Larkin (born 14 May 1961) is a former British rower who competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Marwick was part of the coxless fours crew, with Tessa Millar, Katie Ball, Kate McNicol ...

, Katharine Brownlow and Alison Paterson finished in seventh place.

References

People educated at St Peter's School, York

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hirst, Rachel 1965 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cheltenham