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Lindsey Maguire

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Lindsey Maguire
Personal information
Born (1982-01-15) 15 January 1982 (age 42)
Edinburgh, Scotland
RelativesMoira Walls (mother)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubWallingford Rowing Club
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Bled W8+
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2008 Marathon W8+
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Poznań W8+

Lindsey Maguire (born 15 January 1982) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

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Maguire was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. Her mother is former long jumper, Moira Walls. Maguire studied maths and psychology at the University of Birmingham.[1] She then completed a Masters in Developmental Psychopathology at Durham University (Ustinov College) in 2004.[2]

Rowing career

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She was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where she won a bronze medal as part of the eight with Alison Knowles, Jo Cook, Jessica Eddie, Louisa Reeve, Natasha Page, Katie Greves, Victoria Thornley and Caroline O'Connor.[3]

She finished fifth in the women's eight at the 2012 Olympic Games.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "There's more to rowing than simply pulling on an oar, says Olympian elect Maguire". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 24 December 2017.
  2. ^ "Durham First issue 32". Issuu. Retrieved 6 May 2018.
  3. ^ "2011 World Rowing Championships". WorldRowing.com. World Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Lindsey Maguire". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lindsey Maguire". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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