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Great Britain Women's Quadruple Sculls, 2000 Olympic Games, Sydney

Photograph by Peter Spurrier

left to right: Guin Batten (Thames), Katherine Grainger (St. Andrew), Gillian Lindsay (Marlow) and Miriam Batten (Thames)

The Great Britain Women's Quadruple Scull on the podium at the Sydney Olympics in September 2000. They took Silver, the first every Olympic medal for a British women's crew.

The Henley Prize eight, 2000

Photograph by JET Photographic, Cambridge

A.K.F. Murray (bow), M.C. Barrett, A.J.L. Schmiegelow, J.A. Barnes, A.J. Drake, E.C. James, C.M. Hawes, C.A.F. Dalton (stroke), J.R. Elder (cox)

The first Thames women's crew to race in an open event at Henley Royal. After producing a superb row in qualifying, they allowed nerves to get the better of them in the first round, and went out to a UL/Tyrian composite.