Liz Lorrimer
{{short description|British rower}}
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| birth_name = Wendy Elizabeth Pickering
| birth_date = 3rd quarter 1946
| birth_place = Leicester, Leicestershire
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| club = St Aidan's College BC
Cambridge University WBC
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Nottingham BC
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Wendy Elizabeth Lorrimer (née Pickering; born 1946) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain.
Rowing career
Lorrimer first started rowing at Durham University in 1965 and was the first female member of the Leicester Rowing Club. While attending Cambridge University she won the 1969 boat race and married Tony Lorrimer in Leicester during the same year. A move to Gloucester was followed by another to Nottingham where she became the first female member of the Nottingham Rowing Club as well.{{cite web|url=https://rowingstory.com/people/liz-lorrimer/|title=Profile|publisher=Rowing Story}}
She became a double British champion in 1974 when winning the double sculls with Lorraine Baker and the quadruple sculls at the 1974 British Rowing Championships.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS134707958/GDCS?u=oxfshlib&sid=GDCS&xid=1a35a7b2|title=Railton, Jim. "Marriage of two quads promises something special for Lucerne." Times, 22 July 1974, p. 8|website=Times Digital Archives}} She was consequently selected by Great Britain for the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the quadruple sculls event the crew were eliminated during the heats.{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS119241513/TTDA?u=oxfshlib&sid=TTDA&xid=70c14369|title=Railton, Jim. "British eight sprint to silver medal." Times, 9 Sept. 1974, p. 7|website=Times Digital Archives}}{{cite web|url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/CS118455074/TTDA?u=oxfshlib&sid=TTDA&xid=48a038a6|title=Railton, Jim. "Mrs Clark's rapid rise with pathfinders." Times, 2 Sept. 1974, p. 7|website=Times Digital Archives}}
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Category:British female rowers
Category:Alumni of St Aidan's College, Durham
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