How the GB women's quad won the silver medal at the Sydney Olympics in 2000, and the lightweight pair won at the World Rowing Championships.
New! All sorts of things go wrong in 1999
1999 was not a good year for the GB women's rowing team. Find out why.
Rowing Story now available as podcasts!
Selected Rowing Story biographies are now available as podcasts, but do readers like this format?
Missing Henley Women’s Regatta 2020
Looking back at Henley Women's Regatta from 2020.
New! 1998 – two golds for the first time
The latest instalment in the history of GB women's rowing: 1998 & the first gold in an Olympic boat class (from Gillian Lindsay & Miriam Batten in the 2x).
1997: The long-awaited first openweight gold medal
The latest instalment in the history of GB women's rowing: 1997 and the arrival of Lottery Funding.
New rowing biography! Trisha Corless
Meet Trisha, who rowed for GB from 1992-1996, winning silver in the Lt4- in Strathclyde in 96. She then became a hugely successful GB dragon boater.
New rowing biography! Annamarie Phelps
Meet Annamarie, 1993 World Champion, 1996 Olympian, former Chair of British Rowing, Steward, Chair-elect of CUBC and so much more.
New rowing biography! Alison ‘Wilma’ Brownless
Meet Alison, who won a gold and five silver World Rowing Championships medals from 1991-1996 in the lightweight four and pair.
GB women’s rowing ‘firsts’
Why it's important that we all know our rowing history, and how 'firsts' help to define this.
