Imogen Walsh (born 17 January 1984) is a British

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is di ...

, a former World and European Champion in Lightweight Women's Single Scull.

Biography

Walsh was born in

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and joined Inverness Rowing Club in 1995 as a cox, only taking up rowing herself in 2003 as a student at Glasgow University. She won gold in the lightweight women's quad at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled. She was racing with

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Kathryn Twyman Kathyrn Twyman (born 29 March 1987) is a British and Canadian rower. She was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where she won a gold medal as part of the lightweight quad sculls ...

and

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. She raced the 2013 season with Twyman in the lightweight doubles, with a second, third and fourth place in the World Cup races, coming fourth at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju. In October 2013, she won the Women's

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race. Walsh raced in the lightweight women's double scull with

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throughout the 2014 Season. The duo first raced together for the European Championships in Belgrade where they won a bronze medal. At the second World Cup in Aiguebelette they won gold. Walsh and Copeland went on to retain their gold at the final World Cup in Lucerne. At the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Walsh and Copeland missed out on a place in the A Final, winning the B Final in a World's Best Time, albeit not for long, as this was broken again by a small margin in the A Final. At the

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, Poland, she won gold in the Lightweight Women's Single Scull after a close race with Sweden's

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. She was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the

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, France, she won a silver medal in the same discipline, beaten by New Zealand's

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. At the

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, Netherlands, she won a gold medal in the Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls with

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, and

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Walsh, Imogen 1984 births Living people Scottish female rowers British female rowers Sportspeople from Glasgow Alumni of the University of Glasgow World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain European Rowing Championships medalists