Ellen Buttrick

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Ellen Buttrick
MBE
Personal information
Born (1995-08-03) 3 August 1995 (age 28)
Leeds, England
Height177 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Sport
CountryFlag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom
Sport Pararowing
Disability Macular degeneration
Club Leeds Rowing Club
Medal record
Pararowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Paralympic Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2020 Tokyo PR3 Mixed 4+
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 Plovdiv PR3 Mixed 4+
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Ottensheim PR3 Mixed 4+

Ellen Frances Buttrick MBE (born 3 August 1995) is a British Paralympic rower who competes in the mixed coxed four. [1] [2] [3]

Buttrick was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours for services to rowing. [4] [5]

Buttrick studied at Northumbria University for a BSc in Geography. She currently studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) where she is undertaking a MSc in Gender, Policy and Inequalities. [6] [7]

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References

  1. "Ellen Buttrick – British Rowing". British Rowing . 8 December 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
  2. "Meet Ellen Buttrick – the Para-rower and charity worker making her World Championships debut". British Rowing . 9 September 2018. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
  3. "Geography student Ellen fights the odds for place in GB rowing squad". fenews.co.uk. 11 April 2019. Archived from the original on 8 December 2019.
  4. "No. 63571". The London Gazette (Supplement). 1 January 2022. p. N17.
  5. "New Year Honours 2022: Jason Kenny receives a knighthood and Laura Kenny made a dame". BBC Sport. 31 December 2021.
  6. "Ellen Buttrick". British Rowing. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  7. "Rowing for Gold at Tokyo: Interviewing Paralympic Champion Ellen Buttrick". Students@LSE. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 11 May 2022.