Gillian Hodges

Gillian 'Gill' Hodges (born 13 August 1957) is a female retired British rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Gillian Hodges

Personal information
Nationality	British
Born	13 August 1957 Bermondsey, Greater London, England
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Tideway Scullers School
Medal record Rowing Representing  England Commonwealth Games 1986 Edinburgh Lwt coxless four

Rowing career

Hodges was selected to represent Great Britain at the 1980 Olympic Games, where she was part of the women's eight. The team finished in fifth place[2] She was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships[3] and the following year she won the coxless pairs title with Lin Clark, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships[4][5] and the pair repeated the success the following year at the 1983 National Rowing Championships.[6]

A second Olympic Games appearance arrived in 1984 when she formed part of the women's eight that finished in fifth place.[2] She was part of the quadruple sculls, that won the national title rowing for A.R.A squad, at the 1985 National Championships.[7][8] One year later she represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[9][10]

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gillian Hodges Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 3 September 2018.
2. "Biographical information". Olympedia.
3. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (17-18 JULY 1981)". Rowing Story.
4. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15". Times Digital Archives.
5. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (17-18 JULY 1982)". Rowing Story.
6. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". Rowing Story.
7. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 22 July 1985, p. 25". Times Digital Archives.
8. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (19-21 JULY 1985)". Rowing Story.
9. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
10. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.