Gillian Lindsay

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Gillian Lindsay
Gillian Lindsay, GB rower, photographed by David Collie in 1999.jpg
Lindsay in 1999
Personal information
National teamGreat Britain
Born (1973-09-24) 24 September 1973 (age 50)
Paisley, Scotland
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Sport
SportWomen's rowing
Event(s)Double Sculls, Quadruple Sculls
Club Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, Marlow Rowing Club
Coached by Mike Spracklen
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Women's rowing
Event1st2nd3rd
Olympic Games 010
World Championships 110
Total120
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Sydney Quadruple sculls
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Cologne Double scull
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Aiguebelette Double scull

Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in the double sculls in 1997 and gold in 1998. Since her retirement in 2001, [1] she has focused on coaching and commentating.

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Career

Rowing

Encouraged by her former PE teacher, Gillian began rowing at age 13 while a pupil at St Andrew's Academy, Paisley. [2] She trained at Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club [3] before being selected to join the senior GB international team at age 18 [4] where she was coached by Mike Spracklen. [5] 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. [6] In 1997, she and partner Miriam Batten took silver in the double sculls at the 1997 World Rowing Championships at Aiguebelette-le-Lac. [7] The following year, they won gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championships at Cologne. [8] She won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, in the woman's quadruple sculls alongside crewmates Guin Batten, Katherine Grainger and Miriam Batten. At the time of her retirement from competition she was Britain's most successful woman sculler of all time. [9]

Coaching

She was Head of Rowing at The Lady Eleanor Holles School until moving on to teach Sports science at The Mount School, York in 2014. [10] She is currently Head of Rowing at Wimbledon High School. [11]

Commentating

She is a regular expert commentator on rowing events for Eurosport sports network. [12]

Awards

In 2021, Gillian won the Scottish Women in Sport Pioneer Award, [13] 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'. [14] She was presented with her award by her former crewmate, Katherine Grainger, who was guest of honour at the event. [15]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Rowing gives Gillian a basket of dreams". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ↑ "History". Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club. 23 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  4. ↑ "StackPath". www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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  6. ↑ "Gillian Lindsay Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com". 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  7. ↑ "World Rowing - 1997 World Rowing Championships - Lac/Aiguebelette, France". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  8. ↑ "World Rowing - 1998 World Rowing Championships - Fuehlingersee/Cologne, Germany". World Rowing. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Olympians join the team at The Mount School". York Press. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "The Mount School in York has appointed Olympic Silver Medallist rower, Gillian Lindsay, as their new Director of Sport and Wellbeing". York Boarding Schools Group. 16 June 2014. Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
  11. ↑ "Introducing our new Head of Rowing". Wimbledon High School. 9 March 2016. Retrieved 10 December 2016.
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  14. ↑ "SW/S Awards Nominations" . Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  15. ↑ "Why we recognise the fantastic efforts of Scotland's women in sport". The National. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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