Debbie Flood
Deborah Kirsty Bruwer (née Flood ; born 27 February 1980) is an English rower , noteworthy for winning silver medals in the quadruple sculls at both the 2004 and 2008 Olympic Games .
Biography
Flood was born in Harrogate , Yorkshire , and was a Great Britain junior judo international and a county level 1500m and cross–country runner and shot–putter before she took up rowing.
She won a bronze medal at the 1998 World Junior championships in the double sculls along with partner Frances Houghton . The following year they both won gold in the double sculls at the World Under 23 Championships.
In 2000 Flood won gold in the single sculls at the World Under 23 Championships and the single sculls national title rowing for the Tideway Scullers School at the 2000 National Championships .[ 1] [ 2] Princess Royal Challenge Cup (the premier women's singles sculls event) at the Henley Royal Regatta .[ 3]
At the 2006 World Championships , Flood originally finished in the silver medal position in the quadruple sculls, but was elevated to gold after one of the Russian crew failed a drugs test.[ 4]
Having taken a year off in 2009, Flood returned to take World Championships gold again in 2010, in the quad sculls with Beth Rodford , Frances Houghton , and Annabel Vernon .
At the 2012 Summer Olympics Flood competed in the GB quad scull with Beth Rodford , Frances Houghton , and Melanie Wilson and finished in fifth place.
In December 2012 Flood was elected captain of Leander Club , the first time a woman had been appointed to this role in almost 200 years.
Debbie is a Christian and works for Christians in Sport.[ 5] [ 6]
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Coxed (1974–1983)
1974 : Roswietha Reichel , Ursula Wagner , Jutta Lau , Sybille Tietze , cox Liane Weigelt )1975 : Roswietha Zobelt , Ursula Unger , Jutta Lau , Anke Grünberg , cox Liane Weigelt )1977 : Sybille Tietze , Viola Kowalschek , Petra Boesler , Sabine Gust , cox Elke Rost )1978 : Anka Bakova , Dolores Nakova , Rositsa Spasova , Rumelyana Boncheva , cox Anka Georgieva )1979 : Sybille Tietze , Christine Röpke , Jutta Lau , Roswietha Zobelt , cox Liane Buhr )1981 : Tatyana Danilova , Olga Kaspina , Yelena Khloptseva , Larisa Popova , cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova )1982 : Larisa Popova , Yelena Khloptseva , Olga Kaspina , Tatiana Bachkatova , cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova )1983 : Tatiana Bachkatova , Olga Kaspina , Yelena Khloptseva , Larisa Popova , cox Maria Zemskova-Korotkova ) Coxless (1985–pres.)
1985 : Ramona Balthasar , Birgit Peter , Jutta Hampe , Kristina Mundt )1986 : Kerstin Pieloth , Birgit Peter , Kerstin Hinze , Jana Sorgers )1987 : Kerstin Pieloth , Birgit Peter , Jutta Hampe , Jana Sorgers )1989 : Kathrin Boron , Sybille Schmidt , Jutta Behrendt , Jana Thieme )1990 : Kerstin Köppen , Claudia Krüger , Sybille Schmidt , Jana Sorgers )1991 : Kerstin Köppen , Claudia Krüger , Sybille Schmidt , Jana Sorgers )1993 : Cao Mianying , Gu Xiaoli , Liu Xirong , Zhang Xiuyun )1994 : Kerstin Köppen , Kristina Mundt , Katrin Rutschow , Jana Sorgers )1995 : Kerstin Köppen , Katrin Rutschow , Jana Sorgers , Jana Thieme )1997 : Kathrin Boron , Kerstin Köppen , Manuela Lutze , Jana Thieme )1998 : Kathrin Boron , Manuela Lutze , Jana Thieme , Christiane Will )1999 : Maren Derlien , Meike Evers , Kerstin Kowalski , Manuela Lutze )2001 : Peggy Waleska , Marita Scholz , Manuela Lutze , Manja Kowalski )2002 : Peggy Waleska , Marita Scholz , Manuela Lutze , Kerstin El Qalqili-Kowalski )2003 : Jane Robinson , Dana Faletic , Kerry Hore , Amber Bradley )2005 : Rebecca Romero , Sarah Winckless , Frances Houghton , Katherine Grainger )2006 : Debbie Flood , Sarah Winckless , Frances Houghton , Katherine Grainger )2007 : Annabel Vernon , Debbie Flood , Frances Houghton , Katherine Grainger )2009 : Svitlana Spiriukhova , Tetiana Kolesnikova , Anastasiya Kozhenkova , Yana Dementyeva )2010 : Debbie Flood , Beth Rodford , Frances Houghton , Annabel Vernon )2011 : Julia Richter , Tina Manker , Stephanie Schiller , Britta Oppelt )2013 : Annekatrin Thiele , Carina Bär , Julia Richter , Britta Oppelt )2014 : Annekatrin Thiele , Carina Bär , Julia Lier , Lisa Schmidla )2015 : Amanda Elmore , Tracy Eisser , Megan Kalmoe , Olivia Coffey )2017 : Olivia van Rooijen , Inge Janssen , Sophie Souwer , Nicole Beukers )2018 : Agnieszka Kobus , Marta Wieliczko , Maria Springwald , Katarzyna Zillmann )2019 : Chen Yunxia , Zhang Ling , Lü Yang , Cui Xiaotong )2022 : Chen Yunxia , Zhang Ling , Lü Yang , Cui Xiaotong )2023 : Lauren Henry , Hannah Scott , Lola Anderson , Georgina Brayshaw )
