Suzie Longstaff | |
Nationality: | British |
Sport: | Rowing |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1969 |
Birth Place: | Leamington Spa, England |
Suzanne Kathryn Longstaff (née Ellis, born 14 June 1969) is a British teacher and former rower.[1]
Longstaff attended Abbots Bromley School and then Durham University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Economics.[2] She coxed for Durham University Women's Boat Club as a student.[3] From 1991-1994 she was employed as an Advertising Manager at Haymarket Publishing.
She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[4] In 1996 she began teacher training at Homerton College, Cambridge, and was selected to cox the Cambridge University Boat Club's reserve crew Goldie at the 1997 Boat Race.[5] The same year she was the cox for the British crew that won the bronze medal in the women's eight at the 1997 World Championships.[6] She was selected to cox the university's reserve crew for a second time in 1998.[7]
Longstaff was the Headmistress of Putney High School from 2015 to 2023.