Gillian Hodges | |
Sport: | Rowing |
Birth Date: | 13 August 1957 |
Birth Place: | Bermondsey, Greater London, England |
Club: | Tideway Scullers School |
Gillian 'Gill' Hodges (born 13 August 1957) is a British retired rower who competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the 1984 Summer Olympics.[1]
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]