Elise Laverick

Elise Laverick
Medal record
Women's Rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Double sculls
2008 Beijing Double sculls
World Championships
1997 Aiguebelette Eight
2007 Munich Double sculls

Elise Mary Sherwell (née Laverick) (born 27 July 1975 in Rustington, West Sussex) is a British rower. She won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington. She won the Wingfield Sculls in 2007.

Early life and education

Laverick was educated at Broadwater Manor School in Worthing for the early years of her youth. She also studied at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama.

Rowing career

Laverick won bronze at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the double scull with Sarah Winckless, and again at the 2008 Summer Olympics with Anna Bebington.

She won the Wingfield Sculls on the Thames in 2007.

She is a member of Thames Rowing Club in Putney, London, and of Thames Valley Skiff Club at Walton on Thames and is also a former Skiff Champion.

Personal life

After retiring from rowing a friend introduced her to cycling, in which she became competitive.

References


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