Rosemary Frances Mayglothling OLY (née Clugston; born 15 February 1954) is a retired British

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, who competed at the

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Biography

Aged 16, Mayglothling took up skiffing with the Wraysbury Skiff and Punting Club before joining Weybridge Ladies in 1974. As part of the Great Britain squad in 1975, she competed at the

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in Nottingham. Under her maiden name of Clugston, she won the quadruple sculls event at the 1977 National Championships and was consequently selected for the

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in Amsterdam. At the 1978 National Championships she won the quadruple sculls and was later selected to represent Great Britain at her third World Championships in

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at Bled. In 1980, she represented GBR in the Women's eight at the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow. The team finished in fifth place. Two years later she won the double sculls title with Astrid Ayling, rowing for a

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and Borough Road College composite, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships. and they also won the inaugural Invitation Women’s Doubles at Henley Royal Regatta, also in 1982. She appeared in her fourth World Championships during 1982. She has a B. Hum Joint Honours Degree in English and Movement Studies from the West London Institute of Higher Education (later Brunel University) and an MPhil from

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on the Effects of Marketing on Rowing Activity in a South Yorkshire Community, which was supervised by Professor Celia Brackenridge. She has published two books: ''Rowing: The Skills of the Game'', and ''Rowing and Sculling: Skills. Training. Techniques'' with Tristan Mayglothling. She was jointly responsible with Chris Aistrop for setting up the

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in June 1988. She became Co-Vice Chair of the

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in 1989 for a term. She is married to Dame

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Coaching and administration

She subsequently became senior national coach for the

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, was the Technical Coordinator for British Rowing, before being promoted to become Director of Pathway Development until she retired in 2018. She serves as chairman of the Competitive Rowing Commission of

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(FISA) and is a member of the Executive Committee.

Honours

Awarded an Honorary Doctorate (DSc) from her alma mater,

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, in 2014. Awarded British Rowing's Medal of Honour in 2017 for her tireless promotion of women in sport and rowing, and for her seminal contribution to rowing at an international level. Appointed

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(OBE) in the

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for services to rowing and gender equality in sport.

References

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* - athlete profile * - athlete profile (erroneous spelling for that year) * - official profile {{DEFAULTSORT:Mayglothling, Rosemary 1954 births Living people Alumni of Brunel University London Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University British female rowers English LGBTQ sportspeople Olympic rowers for Great Britain Officers of the Order of the British Empire Rowers at the 1980 Summer Olympics