Olivia Whitlam

For the first of the 2010 World Cup Series in Bled, Olivia raced in the women's pair with Louisa Reeve, taking 5th place.  She also raced in the women's eight, winning gold.  In Munich and Lucerne she was in the women's eight which won silver and bronze respectively.  This has been a promising season for the women's eight who have shown consistency throughout the World Cup series.

Olivia, with Louisa Reeve, won the women's pair event at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials in April this year.  This was a repeat of their trials success in 2009.  They continued to race in the pair for the rest of the 2009 season, taking gold at the first World Cup in Banyoles and bronze in Lucerne.  They also doubled up into the eight for the first 2 World Cups.  At the 2009 World Rowing Championships in Poznan they came 6th in a remarkable final where only a tad over four seconds separated the gold winning Americans from Britain's pair. 

Olivia was selected in the women's pair for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and finished 6th, an exceptional performance after qualifying the boat at the final Olympic Qualification Regatta just seven weeks before. 

She became World U23 Champion in July 2007 winning gold in the pair with Heather Stanning.  At Essen International Regatta in 2007 she won the U23 women's pair event.  She also won the C Final at the World Cup Regatta in Amsterdam.

Domestically Olivia has also been successful, winning the women's senior coxed four event at the Women's Henley Regatta in 2005.  She has also won seven BUSA medals, including two gold medals between 2004 and 2006.

Olivia started rowing after being spotted by her school rowing coach for being tall and joined the GB Rowing Team's  Start Programme, sponsored by Siemens. 

She has finished her degree in Environmental Science at Nottingham University.

Her interests include reading and watching films.  Her main hobby is horse riding which she has done since she was five years old. She has a younger sister who also rows.

Olivia is Lottery Funded throught UK Sport.