Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former

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Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the

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silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in the

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s in 1997 and gold in 1998. Since her retirement in 2001, she has focused on coaching and commentating.

Career

Rowing

Encouraged by her former PE teacher, Gillian began rowing at age 13 while a pupil at St Andrew's Academy, Paisley. She trained at

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before being selected to join the senior GB international team at age 18 where she was coached by Mike Spracklen. She had her first taste of the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, as part of in the women's coxless fours, coming in eighth. In 1997, she and partner Miriam Batten took silver in the double sculls at the

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. The following year, they won gold at the

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. She won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, in the woman's quadruple sculls alongside crewmates Guin Batten,

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and Miriam Batten. At the time of her retirement from competition she was Britain's most successful woman sculler of all time.

Coaching

She was Head of Rowing at The Lady Eleanor Holles School until moving on to teach Sports science at

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in 2014. She is currently Head of Rowing at

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Commentating

She is a regular expert commentator on rowing events for

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sports network.

Awards

In 2021, Gillian won the

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Pioneer Award, given in recognition of 'a woman/women or team who through their work in sport, which would largely have gone unrecognised, whether on or off the field, has empowered and inspired women and girls to participate in sport today'. She was presented with her award by her former crewmate,

, who was guest of honour at the event.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindsay, Gillian 1973 births Living people Scottish female rowers Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Scottish Olympic medallists World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics British female rowers