Lindsey Maguire

For the 2010 World Cup Series Lindsey raced in the women's eight, winning gold in Bled, silver in Munich and bronze in Lucerne.  This has been a promising season for the women's eight who have shown consistency throughout the World Cup series.

Lindsey raced in the women's eight at the 2009 World Championships in Poznan, finishing 5th.  This followed a win in the eight at the Banyoles World Cup and 6th place in GB's second W2- in Munich. 

She took up rowing in 2004 at Durham University as part of the GB Rowing Team's Start Programme, sponsored by Siemens, under Jim Chalmers.  She continued to row whilst working as a researcher for the National Institute of Mental Health in Birmingham.

Lindsay represented GB at the European Championships in 2007 and 2008, medalling both times.  She became a member of the senior women's squad at the start of the 2009 season.

She grew up in Edinburgh where she took part in a variety of sports including Athletics and Basketball.  After studying at Birmingham she went to France for a year where she taught English and played Basketball for a local team.

Lindsey now lives in Oxford and works part time for a local Market Research Company, Morgan Research.

Lindsey is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.