Penny Chuter
Penny Chuter in 1964
Personal information
Born28 July 1942 (1942-07-28) (age 81)
Dunfermline, Scotland
Height1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLaleham Skiff and Punting Club, The Skiff Club, Thames Valley Skiff Club, United Universities Women’s Boat Club, Burway Rowing Club, Thames Rowing Club, Leander Club, Wallingford Rowing Club, Carrick Rowing Club Cornwall
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Rowing Championships
Silver medal – second place1962 East Berlin Single sculls

Penelope Ann "Penny" Chuter OBE[1] (born 28 July 1942)[2] is a British former international sculler, rowing coach and rowing administrator.

Chuter competed for Great Britain in the women's single scull event at the European Rowing Championships each year from 1960 to 1964, winning the silver medal in 1962.[1][3][4] In 1964, she retired from international competition and started training as a physical education teacher.[5][3]

In 1973, the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA) appointed Chuter as its first national coach with responsibility for women's rowing. She remained with the ARA for about twenty years, becoming its chief coach for men's rowing from 1979 to 1982, then Director of Coaching from 1982 to 1986 and Director of International Rowing from 1986 to 1990.[4] Her trainees included a 1992 Olympian Wade Hall-Craggs.[2]

Chuter received an OBE in 1989,[5] and the FISA Distinguished Services to Rowing Award in 2006.[6]

References

  1. 1 2 Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Einer). sport-komplett.de
  2. 1 2 Penny Chuter at World Rowing
  3. 1 2 Schweinbenz, Amanda Nicole (2007). Paddling Against the Current: A History of Women's Competitive International Rowing Between 1954 and 2003. University of British Columbia. pp. 280–282. ISBN 9780494319222.
  4. 1 2 Houlihan, Barrie (2002). The Politics of Sport Development. Routledge. p. 170. ISBN 9780415277495.
  5. 1 2 "Pushing against the current: Penny Chuter". World Rowing E-Magazine. FISA (Autumn-Winter 2006): 8–9. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
  6. "World Rowing Awards". worldrowing.com.

Further reading

  • Redgrave, Steve; Townsend, Nick (2004). A Golden Age: The Autobiography. Random House. ISBN 9780563538219.
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