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World Champions among rowers selected for ParalympicsGB at Rio 2016

The British Paralympic Association have selected nine rowers to compete for ParalympicsGB in Rio, including several World Championship medallists.

ParalympicsGB rowing team, 2016

Grace Clough, Daniel Brown, Pamela Relph, James Fox and cox Oliver James, the reigning World Champions in the mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+), head the selections.

Great Britain has claimed the World Championship title in this boat in three consecutive years since London 2012.

The 2015 World Championship final was one of the most thrilling of the overall event with the GB four holding off the Americans by a narrow margin. This event is increasingly competitive on the global stage.

Relph is the only returning member of the victorious gold medal crew from London 2012.  A physics graduate from University of Birmingham, Relph took up rowing after arthritis led to reduced movement in her wrists and ended her planned Army career.

Relph said today:

“I am over the moon to be selected for my second Paralympic Games and feel so excited and nervous at the prospect of trying to defend my gold medal from London 2012.”

Today’s announcement takes the number of selected athletes to 180 from 15 sports.

Selected athletes are:

Rachel Morris - women’s single scull (ASW1x)

Home town: Farnham

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Guildford RC

 

Tom Aggar - men’s single scull (ASM1x)

Home town: London

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Marlow RC

 

Lauren Rowles - mixed double sculls (TAMix2x)

Home town: Bromsgrove

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Marlow RC

 

Laurence Whiteley - mixed double sculls (TAMix2x)

Home town: Northallerton

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Tees RC

 

Oliver James (cox) - mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+)

Home town: Henley-on-Thames

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Leander

 

Grace Clough - mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+)

Home town: Sheffield

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Nottingham RC

 

James Fox - mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+)

Home town: Peterborough

Main training base: Caversham

Club: University of London

 

Pam Relph - mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+)

Home town: Aylesbury

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Leander

 

Daniel Brown - mixed coxed four (LTAMix4+)

Home town: Reading

Main training base: Caversham

Club: Upper Thames Rowing Club