Annabel Eyres

Annabel Juliet Eyres (born 4 February 1965, London) is a British international rower[2] and artist.

Annabel Eyres
Personal information
Full nameAnnabel Juliet Eyres
NationalityBritish
Born (1965-02-04) 4 February 1965
London, England
EducationCity of London School
Bryanston School
Alma materRuskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford
Height183 cm (6 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight70 kg (154 lb)[1]
Other interestsArtist, printmaking
Websitewww.annabeleyres.com
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportRowing
University teamOxford University Women's Boat Club; Pembroke College Boat Club (Oxford)
ClubTideway Scullers School; Upper Thames RC
Achievements and titles
World finals1989 World Rowing Championships women's quadruple sculls;
1991 World Rowing Championships women's double sculls
National finals1990 British Rowing Championships, women's coxless pairs
Olympic finals1992 Summer Olympics, women's double sculls

Annabel Eyres was educated at the City of London School in London and Bryanston School in Dorset.[1] She then studied at the Ruskin School of Drawing and Fine Art, University of Oxford, where she was a student at Pembroke College. During this time, she rowed for the Pembroke College Boat Club and the Oxford University Women's Boat Club, competing in the Oxford and Cambridge Women's Boat Race. She also rowed for the Tideway Scullers School and the Upper Thames Rowing Club.

Eyres competed in the women's double sculls event at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[3] She was part of the coxless pairs with Joanne Gough that won the national title rowing for the British squad at the 1990 National Championships.[4] She also completed in the 1989 World Rowing Championships women's quadruple sculls final and the 1991 World Rowing Championships women's double sculls final.[2]

As well as rowing, Eyres has been an artist, producing prints and also paper cuts and collages, as well as painting, especially of rowing-related subjects.[5][6] She helped form the company Rock the Boat, selling rowing-related items, including artworks.[7] She has exhibited regularly in London, including at the Riverside Gallery,[5] and Oxford, including as part of Oxfordshire Artweeks.[8]

Annabel Ayers is married with a family.[9]

References
  1. "Annabel Eyres". Rowing Story. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. "Annabel Eyres". World Rowing. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annabel Eyres Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  4. "National Championships (1990)". Rowing Story.
  5. "Annabel Eyres". London, UK: Riverside Gallery. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  6. "Annabel Eyres Fine Art: Rowing Art". UK: Rock the Boat. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  7. "Rock the Boat". UK. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  8. "Annabel Eyres". Oxfordshire Artweeks. 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  9. Eyres, Annabel. "About Me". Annabel Eyres. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
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