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British rower

Gillian Webb
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1956-01-12) 12 January 1956 (age 68)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubStuart Ladies RC / Lea RC

Gillian Webb married name Gillian Parker (born 12 January 1956) is a retired British rower, who competed in the Olympic Games.

Rowing career

In July 1975 Webb won three gold medals in the coxless pair with Lin Clark, rowing for a Civil Service and Stuart Ladies composite, the coxed fours and quadruple sculls, at the 1975 National Rowing Championships. The following month she was part of the coxed four crew that finished in ninth place at the 1975 World Rowing Championships.

She competed in the women's coxed four event at the 1976 Summer Olympics, finishing in eighth place. In 1979 she competed in her second World Championships, rowing in the coxed fours again, finishing in tenth place. Also in 1979 she was part of the composite crew that won the coxed fours at the National Championships.

References

  1. ^ "GILL PARKER (NÉE WEBB)". Rowing Story.
  2. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (18-20 JULY)". Rowing Story.
  3. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  4. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gillian Webb Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  5. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (20-21 JULY 1979)". Rowing Story.


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