Fiona Freckleton

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Fiona Freckleton
Personal information
Born (1960-11-06) 6 November 1960 (age 62)
Chelmsford, England
Alma mater Somerville College, Oxford
Sport
Sport Rowing
Club Somerville College Boat Club
Westminster School

Fiona Freckleton (born 6 November 1960) is a British rower. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1992 Summer Olympics. [1]

Freckleton is a bronze medalist in the Women's Pairs at the 1991 World Rowing Championships in Vienna, Great Britain's first medal in a major World Championship women's rowing event. [2] She also competed at the 1993 World Rowing Championships.

Freckleton studied at Somerville College, Oxford. [3]

She competed for Scotland at the 1986 Commonwealth Games where she finished 4th in the coxless pairs event alongside Morag Simpson. [4]

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Fiona Freckleton Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
  2. "Tributes for coach Proudley". Southern Daily Echo . 15 February 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  3. "Oxford at the Olympics". University of Oxford . Retrieved 19 September 2018.
  4. "All The Results". Sydney Morning Herald. 27 July 1986. Retrieved 13 August 2023.