External links
- Jane Cross at World Rowing
- Jane Cross at Olympedia
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 25 August 1961 Old Windsor, Berkshire |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Weybridge Ladies ARC |
Jane Mary Cross (born 25 August 1961) is a former British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. [1]
Cross first became interested in rowing at a young age when she was part of the Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club, which led to joining the Weybridge Ladies ARC in 1977. In 1979 she competed in the FISA Youth Championships before joining the British senior squad the same year. [2]
In 1980 she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's coxed four event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. The crew which consisted of Cross, Pauline Janson, Bridget Buckley, Pauline Hart and Sue Brown (cox) finished in sixth place. [3]
She was part of the quadruple sculls which won the national title, rowing for a Kingston and Thames composite, with Caroline Casey, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Bernadette Carroll and Sue Brown (cox), at the 1981 National Championships [4] and was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A Composite, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. [5] [6]
Susan Brown is an English former cox who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and is also notable for being the first woman to compete in the 152-year history of The Boat Race when she coxed the Oxford VIII in the 1981 race.
Beryl Crockford was a world-champion and Olympic rower who represented Great Britain from 1975 to 1986. In 1985 she married Duncan Crockford and competed as Beryl Crockford afterwards, previously she had competed under her divorced name of Beryl Mitchell..
Linda D Clark née Linda Lacey is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain at the 1976 Olympics and 1980 Olympics.
Alastair Neil Christie is a retired British rower who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
James MacLeod is a retired British rower. He competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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Pauline Janson is a former British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics.
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