Imogen Walsh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Imogen Walsh

British rower

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1984

Place of Birth: Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

Profession: rower

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

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About Imogen Walsh

  • Imogen Walsh (born 17 January 1984) is a British rower, a former World and European Champion in Lightweight Women's Single Scull. Walsh was born in Glasgow and joined Inverness Rowing Club in 1995 as a cox, only taking up rowing herself in 2003 as a student at Glasgow University. She won gold in the lightweight women's quad at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled.
  • She was racing with Stephanie Cullen, Kathryn Twyman and Andrea Dennis. She raced the 2013 season with Twyman in the lightweight doubles, with a second, third and fourth place in the World Cup races, coming fourth at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju.
  • In October 2013, she won the Women's Wingfield Sculls race. Walsh raced in the lightweight women's double scull with Kat Copeland throughout the 2014 Season.
  • The duo first raced together for the European Championships in Belgrade where they won a bronze medal.
  • At the second World Cup in Aiguebelette they won gold.
  • Walsh and Copeland went on to retain their gold at the final World Cup in Lucerne.
  • At the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam Walsh and Copeland missed out on a place in the A Final, winning the B Final in a World's Best Time, albeit not for long, as this was broken again by a small margin in the A Final. At the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznan, Poland, she won gold in the Lightweight Women's Single Scull after a close race with Sweden's Emma Fredh.
  • At the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, she won a silver medal in the same discipline, beaten by New Zealand's Zoe McBride.
  • At the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she won a gold medal in the Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls with Brianna Stubbs, Emily Craig, and Eleanor Piggott.

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