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Miriam Batten (born 4 November 1964) is a former British rower who competed at three Olympic Games and winning a silver medal in 2000.

Miriam Batten

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	(1964-11-04) 4 November 1964 (age 57) Dartford, Kent
Sport
Club	Southampton University BC Thames RC
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Quadruple sculls World Rowing Championships 1998 Cologne Double sculls 1997 Aiguebelette Double sculls

Rowing career

Miriam was a member of the Southampton University Boat Club whilst she studied at the University of Southampton. Batten was part of the coxless fours with Kate Grose, Kareen Marwick and Caroline Christie that won the national title rowing for the British squad at the 1990 National Championships.[1]

The first of three Olympic Games appearances came at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona when she was selected for the coxless pair with Joanne Turvey. The pair finished in fifth place.[2] The second of three Olympic Games appearances came at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta when she was selected in the women's eight. The team which consisted of Batten, Annamarie Stapleton, Lisa Eyre, Dot Blackie, Kate Pollitt, Cath Bishop, Joanne Turvey, Alison Gill and Suzie Ellis finished in seventh place.[2]

In 1997 she represented Great Britain at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette and won a silver medal in the double scull with Scot Gillian Lindsay. The following year she represented Britain again at the 1998 World Rowing Championships in Cologne and this time won a gold medal in the double scull with Gillian Lindsay.[3]

Her most prestigious moment came in her third Olympics at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. She competed in the quadruple scull and won a silver medal with her younger sister Guin Batten.[2]

On 3 June 2012, Miriam was amongst the rowers (with her sister, Guin Batten) on the Gloriana at the start of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.

Personal life

She is married to David Luke, who works as a physical education teacher at Chiltern Edge Secondary School. She is a Vice President of Thames Rowing Club, the club which she represented during her international competitive career, President of Henley Rowing Club,[4] and a member of Upper Thames Rowing Club. She was appointed Chairman of the Henley Women's Regatta in 2012. In December 2016 she was appointed as a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta.[5]

References

External links

• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Miriam Batten". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 24 January 2010.

На других языках

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- [en] Miriam Batten

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[ru] Баттен, Мириам

Мириам Баттен (англ. Miriam Batten; род. 11 апреля 1964[1], Дартфорд, Кент), в замужестве Люк (англ. Luke) — британская гребчиха, выступавшая за сборную Великобритании по академической гребле на всём протяжении 1990-х годов. Серебряная призёрка летних Олимпийских игр в Сиднее, чемпионка мира, победительница и призёрка многих регат национального значения.

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