Christine Aistrop (born 1947) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain.

Rowing career

Aistrop started rowing when she switched from skiffing and joined the Weybridge Ladies Amateur Rowing Club in 1972. In 1974 she won a British title at the

1974 British Rowing Championships The 1974 National Rowing Championships was the third edition of the National Championships, held from 20–21 July 1974 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. There was a record entry of 330 crews. Leander won the J ...

in the coxed four with Clare Grove,

Maggie Lambourn Margaret A. Phillips ( Lambourn; born 11 April 1951) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain. Rowing career Lambourn was born in 1951. She started rowing when she joined the Abingdon Rowing Club while in the sixth form at school. Afte ...

and Chris Grimes. and was consequently selected by Great Britain for the

1974 World Rowing Championships The 1974 World Rowing Championships was the fourth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 4 to 8 September 1974 (for men) and from 29 August to 1 September 1974 (for women) on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. The event was significantl ...

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which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the coxed four event the crew finished 11th overall after a fifth place finish in the B final.

Administrative career

At the

1975 World Rowing Championships The 1975 World Rowing Championships was the fifth World Rowing Championships. It was held from 21 to 30 August at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre in Nottingham, England, United Kingdom. Medal summary Medalists at the 1975 World ...

she was the Ladies British team manager. She was jointly responsible with

Rosemary Mayglothling Rosemary Frances Mayglothling OLY (née Clugston; born 15 February 1954) is a retired British rower, who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics. Biography Aged 16, Mayglothling took up skiffing with the Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club before j ...

for setting up the

Henley Women's Regatta Henley Women's Regatta, often abbreviated to "HWR" or "Women's Henley", is a rowing regatta held at Henley-on-Thames, England. Chris Aistrop and Rosemary Mayglothling were jointly responsible for setting up the Regatta in June 1988 and Aistrop ...

in June 1988 and was the first chairman.

References

1947 births Living people British female rowers Rowing officials {{UK-rowing-bio-stub