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Teresa Millar
Teresa Millar also known as Tessa (born 22 September 1956) is a British rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Millar began rowing at the Durham University Boat Club becoming the women's captain of Durham University Athletics Union. In 1979 she joined the Thames Rowing Club after moving to London. She won a bronze medal in the eight, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. Millar was part of the coxless fours crew, with Katie Ball, Kareen Marwick, Kate McNicol and Sue Bailey, that won the national title rowing for the A.R.A Squad, at the 1983 National Rowing Championships. Also during 1983 she competed at the 1983 World Rowing Championships in Wedau, Duisburg. She was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1984 Olympic Games in the women's coxed four event. The crew of Millar, Katie Ball, Jean Genchi, Joanna Toch and Kathy Talbot finished in seventh place. She competed in her third World Championships during 1985 at the 1985 World Rowin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing (sport)
Rowing, often called crew American English, in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using Oar (sport rowing), oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using Rowlock, rowlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is divided into two disciplines: sculling and sweep rowing. In sculling, each rower (or oarsman) holds two oars, one in each hand, while in sweep rowing each rower holds one oar with both hands. There are several boat classes in which athletes may compete, ranging from single sculls, occupied by one person, to shells with eight rowers and a coxswain (rowing), coxswain, called eight (rowing), eights. There are a wide variety of course types and formats of racing, but most elite and championship level racing is conducted on calm water courses long with several lanes marked using buoys. Modern rowing as a competitive sport can be traced to the early 17th century whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowing At The 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's Coxed Four
The women's coxed four competition at the 1984 Summer Olympics took place at took place at Lake Casitas, California, United States of America The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 contiguo .... Competition format The competition consisted of two main rounds (heats and finals) as well as a repechage. The 9 boats were divided into two heats for the first round, with 5 boats in one heat and 4 in the other. The winner of each heat advanced directly to the "A" final (1st through 6th place). The remaining 7 boats were placed in the repechage. The repechage featured two heats, with 3 boats in one heat and 4 in the other. The top two boats in each of the repechage heats went to the "A" final. The remaining 3 boats (3rd and 4th placers in the repechage heats) competed in the "B" final fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
