Alexa Forbes Explained

Alexa Forbes
Sport:Rowing
Birth Date:2 April 1961
Birth Place:Darlington, England
Club:Nottingham RC

Alexa Forbes (born 2 April 1961) is a British retired rower who competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]

Rowing career

Forbes was part of the eight, that won the national title rowing for Great Britain senior squad boat, at the 1981 National Championships.[2] This led to selection for the 1981 World Rowing Championships in Munich.[3] The following year she was part of the eight that won the national title, rowing for an A.R.A squad, at the 1982 National Rowing Championships.[4] [5] Subsequently she went to her second World Championships, rowing at the 1982 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne.[3]

In 1984, she was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's eight event at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. The team which consisted of Astrid Ayling, Ann Callaway, Gillian Hodges, Kate Holroyd, Belinda Holmes, Sarah Hunter-Jones, Kate McNicol and Sue Bailey (cox) finished in fifth place.[6]

She represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[7] [8]

Notes and References

  1. Alexa Forbes . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418041404/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fo/alexa-forbes-1.html . dead . 18 April 2020 . 5 September 2018.
  2. Web site: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (17-18 JULY 1981). Rowing Story.
  3. Web site: List of internationals. Rowing Story.
  4. Web site: Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 19 July 1982, p. 15. Times Digital Archives.
  5. Web site: NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (17-18 JULY 1982). Rowing Story.
  6. Web site: Biographical information. Olympedia.
  7. Web site: 1986 Athletes. Team England.
  8. Web site: Athletes and results. Commonwealth Games Federation.