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. After leaving school she joined the Civil Service Ladies Rowing Club. After a bronze medal success in the coxed fours at the

1972 British Rowing Championships The 1972 National Rowing Championships was the first edition of the National Championships, held from 22 to 23 July 1972 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. These inaugural Championships were held at the newly ...

she became a British champion the following year when winning the same event at the 1973 British Rowing Championships. In 1974 she won a second 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 ...

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. 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 rowed in the eight that took 10th place finishing fourth in the B final. She married Jack Phillips in Abingdon during 1976 and rowed as Maggie Phillips afterwards. Her hopes of rowing in the

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were ruined by the decision by the

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to take only certain boats. In 1977 she was part of the coxed four that finished 9th overall and fourth in the B final at the

1977 World Rowing Championships The 1977 World Rowing Championships was the 6th World Rowing Championships. The championships were held from 19 to 28 August 1977 on the Bosbaan rowing lake in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Medal summary About 556 rowers from 28 countries competed a ...

in Amsterdam and won a third National title in the coxed four at the

1977 British Rowing Championships The 1977 National Rowing Championships was the sixth edition of the National Championships, held from 15–17 July 1977 at the National Water Sports Centre in Holme Pierrepont, Nottingham. London won the John Player Trophy (men's Victor Ludorum) ...

. Phillips became an umpire in 1982. She was a member of the jury at the

2010 World Rowing Championships The 2010 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 31 October to 7 November 2010 on Lake Karapiro near Cambridge, New Zealand, Cambridge, New Zealand. The annual week-long rowing (sport), rowing regatta was or ...

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in New Zealand and was umpire at the

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held at

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in England.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Maggie 1951 births Living people British female rowers Rowing officials Sportspeople from Oxford