Annabel Juliet Eyres (born 4 February 1965) is a British international

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

and artist. Annabel Eyres was educated at the

City of London School for Girls The City of London School for Girls (CLSG) is a private school adjacent to the Barbican Centre, part of the Barbican Estate, in the City of London. It is the partner school of the all-boys City of London School and the City of London Freemen's ...

in London and

Bryanston School Bryanston School is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Private schools in the United Kingdom, private boarding school, boarding and day school for pupils aged 13–18) located next to the village of Bryanston, and near the ...

in Dorset. She then studied at the

Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art The Ruskin School of Art is the Department of Fine Art at the University of Oxford, England. It is part of Oxford's Humanities Division. History The Ruskin School of Art grew out the Oxford School of Art, which was founded in 1865 and later ...

University of Oxford The University of Oxford is a collegiate university, collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university in the English-speaking world and the List of oldest un ...

, where she was a student at Pembroke College. During this time, she rowed for the Pembroke College Boat Club and the Oxford University Women's Boat Club, competing in the Oxford and Cambridge Women's Boat Race. She also rowed for the

Tideway Scullers School Tideway Scullers School is a rowing club on the Tideway of the River Thames next to Chiswick Bridge in Chiswick, London. The club previously held the headship for the Head of the River Race (2009), the largest UK eights event, and the senior s ...

and the Upper Thames Rowing Club. Eyres competed in the women's double sculls event at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics (, ), officially the Games of the XXV Olympiad (, ) and officially branded as Barcelona '92, were an international multi-sport event held from 25 July to 9 August 1992 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Beginning in 1994 ...

. She was part of the coxless pairs with Joanne Gough that won the national title rowing for the British squad at the 1990 National Championships. She also completed in the

1989 World Rowing Championships The 1989 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 2 to 10 September 1989 at Lake Bled near Bled in SR Slovenia, Yugoslavia. Medal summary Men's events Women's events Medal table Footnotes Ref ...

women's

quadruple sculls A quadruple sculling boat, often simply called a quad and abbreviated as a 4x, is a racing shell used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for four people who propel the boat by sculling with two oars, or "sculls", one in each han ...

final and the

1991 World Rowing Championships The 1991 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 19 to 25 August 1991 in Vienna, Austria. The regatta was held on the New Danube. Medal summary The finals were raced on Saturday and Sunday, 24 and 25 Augus ...

women's

double sculls A double scull, also abbreviated as a 2x, is a rowing boat used in the sport of competitive rowing. It is designed for two persons who propel the boat by sculling with two oars each, one in each hand. Racing boats (often called "shells") are ...

final. As well as rowing, Eyres has been an artist, producing prints and also paper cuts and

collage Collage (, from the , "to glue" or "to stick together") is a technique of art creation, primarily used in the visual arts, but in music too, by which art results from an assembly of different forms, thus creating a new whole. (Compare with pasti ...

s, as well as painting, especially of rowing-related subjects. She helped form the company Rock the Boat, selling rowing-related items, including artworks. She has exhibited regularly in London, including at the Riverside Gallery, and Oxford, including as part of

Oxfordshire Artweeks Oxfordshire Artweeks is an annual art festival held in Oxfordshire, England for three weeks each May. Exhibitions are held in the city of Oxford, south Oxfordshire, and north Oxfordshire, for a week each on consecutive weeks. Venues vary from ho ...

. Annabel Eyres is married with a family.

References

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Annabel Eyres website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyres, Annabel 1965 births Living people 20th-century English women artists 21st-century English women artists Rowers from London Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Alumni of the Ruskin School of Art Artists from London British female rowers English women painters English printmakers People educated at Bryanston School People educated at the City of London School People educated at the City of London School for Girls Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics British women printmakers British collage artists British women collage artists