Gillian Lindsay
{{short description|Scottish rower (born 1973)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2017}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Gillian Lindsay
| image = Gillian Lindsay, GB rower, photographed by David Collie in 1999.jpg
| caption = Lindsay in 1999
| national_team = Great Britain
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1973|09|24|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Paisley, Scotland
| height = 183 cm
| sport = Women's rowing
| event = Double Sculls, Quadruple Sculls
| club = Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club, Marlow Rowing Club
| coach = Mike Spracklen
| medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}
{{MedalCount
|Olympic Games|0|1|0
|World Championships|1|1|0
|Total|1|2|0
}}
{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver| 2000 Sydney |Quadruple sculls}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1998 Cologne|Double scull}}
{{MedalSilver|1997 Aiguebelette |Double scull}}
}}
Gillian Lindsay (born 24 September 1973, in Paisley) is a former Team GB Scottish rower. She won silver in the quadruple sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics silver medalist, and two-time medal winner in the World Championships, taking silver in the double sculls in 1997 and gold in 1998. Since her retirement in 2001,{{Cite web|title=Olympic rower Gillian Lindsay shows how rowing keeps her trim|url=https://www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/5188270.olympic-rower-gillian-lindsay-shows-how-rowing-keeps-her-trim/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Bucks Free Press|language=en}} she has focused on coaching and commentating.
Career
= Rowing =
Encouraged by her former PE teacher, Gillian began rowing at age 13 while a pupil at St Andrew's Academy, Paisley.{{Cite web|title=Rowing gives Gillian a basket of dreams|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/12360597.rowing-gives-gillian-a-basket-of-dreams/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=HeraldScotland|language=en}} She trained at Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club{{Cite web|date=2013-04-23|title=History|url=http://www.clydesdalearc.org.uk/about-us/history/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Clydesdale Amateur Rowing Club|language=en-US}} before being selected to join the senior GB international team at age 18{{Cite web|title=StackPath|url=https://www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net/news/2016-03-09/introducing-our-new-head-of-rowing|access-date=2022-02-19|website=www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net}} where she was coached by Mike Spracklen.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-29|title=1998 World Rowing Championships|url=https://rowingstory.com/year-by-year/1998-world-rowing-championships/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=Rowing Story|language=en}} She had her first taste of the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, as part of in the women's coxless fours, coming in eighth.{{Cite web|date=2011-09-07|title=Gillian Lindsay Biography and Olympic Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com|url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gillian-lindsay-1.html|access-date=2022-02-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907174346/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gillian-lindsay-1.html |archive-date=7 September 2011 }} In 1997, she and partner Miriam Batten took silver in the double sculls at the 1997 World Rowing Championships at Aiguebelette-le-Lac.{{Cite web|title=World Rowing - 1997 World Rowing Championships - Lac/Aiguebelette, France|url=https://worldrowing.com/event/undefined|access-date=2022-02-19|website=World Rowing|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The following year, they won gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championships at Cologne.{{Cite web|title=World Rowing - 1998 World Rowing Championships - Fuehlingersee/Cologne, Germany|url=https://worldrowing.com/event/undefined|access-date=2022-02-19|website=World Rowing|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} She won silver at the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney, in the woman's quadruple sculls alongside crewmates Guin Batten, Katherine Grainger and Miriam Batten. At the time of her retirement from competition she was Britain's most successful woman sculler of all time.{{Cite web|title=Olympians join the team at The Mount School|url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/11544222.olympians-join-the-team-at-the-mount-school/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=York Press|language=en}}
= Coaching =
She was Head of Rowing at The Lady Eleanor Holles School until moving on to teach Sports science at The Mount School, York in 2014.{{cite web|title=The Mount School in York has appointed Olympic Silver Medallist rower, Gillian Lindsay, as their new Director of Sport and Wellbeing|url=http://yorkboarding.co.uk/mount-school-york-appointed-olympic-silver-medallist-rower-gillian-lindsay-new-director-sport-wellbeing/|publisher=York Boarding Schools Group|access-date=10 December 2016|date=16 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701203038/http://yorkboarding.co.uk/mount-school-york-appointed-olympic-silver-medallist-rower-gillian-lindsay-new-director-sport-wellbeing/|archive-date=1 July 2016|url-status=dead}} She was Head of Rowing at Wimbledon High School.{{cite web|title=Introducing our new Head of Rowing|url=http://www.wimbledonhigh.gdst.net/media/news/article/187/Introducing-our-new-Head-of-Rowing|publisher=Wimbledon High School|access-date=10 December 2016|date=9 March 2016}}
= Commentating =
She is a regular expert commentator on rowing events for Eurosport sports network.{{Cite web|date=2021-07-28|title=Tokyo 2020 Olympics: Team GB's swimmers are relentless, Andy Murray departs, Simone Biles out – Tokyo Warm-Up|url=https://www.eurosport.co.uk/olympics/tokyo-2020/2020/team-gb-s-swimming-team-are-relentless-andy-murray-and-simone-biles-depart-the-olympics-tokyo-warm-u_sto8448681/story.shtml|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Eurosport UK|language=en}}
= Awards =
In 2021, Gillian won the Scottish Women in Sport Pioneer Award,{{Cite web|date=December 9, 2021|first=Hannah|last=Scott|title=Blog 76: SW/S Awards 2021 – The Debrief|url=https://www.scottishwomeninsport.co.uk/the-awards/|access-date=2022-02-19|language=en-GB}} given in recognition of 'a woman/women or team who through their work in sport, which would largely have gone unrecognised, whether on or off the field, has empowered and inspired women and girls to participate in sport today'.{{Cite web|title=SW/S Awards Nominations|url=https://www.scottishwomeninsport.co.uk/awards-dinner-nominations/|access-date=2022-02-19|language=en-GB}} She was presented with her award by her former crewmate, Katherine Grainger, who was guest of honour at the event.{{Cite web|title=Why we recognise the fantastic efforts of Scotland's women in sport|url=https://www.thenational.scot/sport/opinion/19763779.recognise-fantastic-efforts-scotlands-women-sport/|access-date=2022-02-19|website=The National|language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{FISA|6502}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gillian-lindsay-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907174346/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/li/gillian-lindsay-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2011}}
- [https://www.glcamps.co.uk www.glcamps.co.uk]
{{World champions – Women's double sculls}}
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Category:Scottish female rowers
Category:Sportspeople from Paisley, Renfrewshire
Category:Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic rowers for Great Britain
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Scottish Olympic competitors
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Category:Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Category:British female rowers
Category:People educated at St Andrew's Academy, Paisley