Cath Bishop

Cath Bishop
Personal information
Full name Catherine Bishop
Born 22 November 1971 (1971-11-22) (age 46)
Leigh on Sea, England
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2004 Athens Coxless pair
World Rowing Championships
2003 Milan Coxless pair
1998 Cologne Coxless pair

Catherine Bishop (born 22 November 1971) is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games.[1]

Early life and education

Bishop was born in Leigh on Sea, England, and educated at Westcliff High School for Girls. She has a BA in modern languages from Pembroke College, Cambridge, a master's in international politics from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth and a Ph.D. in contemporary German literature from the University of Reading.

Career

Rowing

Bishop won medals at the World Championships twice, a silver in 1998 in the women's pair with Dot Blackie, and gold in 2003, again in the pair, with Katherine Grainger.

She won silver in the 2004 Olympic Games in the women's pair with Grainger,

In 1999 she was the World Indoor Rowing Champion.[2]

Diplomacy

From 2001 through 2014 Bishop forged a career with the Foreign Office, for whom she worked in London; Sarajevo, Bosnia; and Basra Iraq. Her roles included : Political, projects and press officer at British Embassy, Sarajevo, from 2004; Political Adviser to the High Representative to Bosnia & Herzegovina from 2006; Head of the Political Section at the British Consulate in Basra from 2007; and Deputy Director of the Stabilisation Unit in London from 2009–11.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Cath Bishop Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ↑ "British Indoor Rowing Championships 1998". Users.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 October 2017.
  3. ↑ British Government CV Archived 25 February 2015 at Archive.is
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