Annamarie Phelps
Personal information
Birth nameAnnamarie Stapleton
NationalityBritish
Born (1966-05-24) 24 May 1966
Bradford, England[1]
Sport
SportRowing

Annamarie Phelps CBE (née Stapleton, born 24 May 1966), is a British rower and sports administrator. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2] She was Chairman of British Rowing from 2013 to 2018,[3] and became Vice-Chairman of the British Olympic Association in 2017.[4] She was chair of the British Horseracing Authority from June 2019[5] to June 2022.[6]

Phelps was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to rowing.[7]

References

  1. "Bradford's Sporting Hall of Fame - Part 1". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Annamarie Stapleton Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. "Annamarie Phelps CBE interview: "I love what I do; I've viewed it as a privilege"". British Rowing. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. "Annamarie Phelps CBE has become Vice-Chair of the British Olympic Association". British Olympic Association. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. Barber, Bill (2 April 2019). "Former Olympic rower Annamarie Phelps named as new BHA chair". Racing Post.
  6. Barber, Bill (1 June 2022). "Racing's leaders promise to collaborate as Joe Saumarez Smith becomes BHA chair". Racing Post. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. "New Year's Honours list 2016". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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