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Annabel Morwenna Vernon (born 1 September 1982) is a retired British rower.
She was born in Truro, Cornwall. She was educated at St Minver Primary School then Wadebridge School, Downing College, Cambridge, and King's College London (MA International Relations).
Vernon started rowing at Castle Dore Rowing Club at Golant in Cornwall when she was 17, influenced by her elder brother and father. She read history at Downing College, Cambridge, where she rowed in the women's Blue Boat in 2003, under the presidency of Ruth de Las Casas. She was a member of Rob Roy Boat Club while in Cambridge, then represented Thames Rowing Club and now rows under Marlow Rowing Club colours.
She represented Great Britain in the Women's Quadruple Sculls at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, winning a silver medal. She was selected to row in the women's eight at the 2012 Summer Olympics. The crew reached the A Final of the event, and finished fifth.
After retiring from active competition she embarked on a journalistic, media and speaking career.
In 2019 she published her first book, Mind Games, with Bloomsbury Publishing, which looks at the psychology of elite sport through a mixture of academic theories and interviews with sports people.
Achievements
- Bronze medal in the pair at the World U23 Championships in Poznań.
- Sixth in the women's single at the 2006 GB Senior Selection Trials in Belgium.
World Championships 2005
- Ninth in the single scull.
2006 World Cup Series
World Championships 2006
- Fourth in the Double Scull.
World Championships 2007
- Gold in the Quad Scull
Beijing Olympics 2008
- Silver in the Quad Scull.
World Championships 2009
- Silver in the Double Scull
World Championships 2010
- Gold in the Quad Scull
References
- "Annabel Vernon". leander.co.uk. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
- "Annabel Vernon". BritishRowing.org. Archived from the original on 14 February 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annie Vernon". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "London 2012: Great Britain name powerful rowing squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- "Mind Games". www.bloomsbury.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Annie Vernon at the Amateur Rowing Association at the Wayback Machine (archived 8 October 2008)
- Annabel Vernon at World Rowing
- Annabel Vernon at Team GB
- Annabel Vernon at Olympics.com
- Annabel Vernon at Olympedia (archive)
- 1982 births
- British female rowers
- People from Wadebridge
- Living people
- Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge
- Alumni of King's College London
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Truro
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- English female rowers
- Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- 21st-century English sportswomen