Catherine Bishop (rower)
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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.<ref name="SportsRef">Template:Cite Sports-Reference</ref> Following a career as a diplomat she is now a leadership speaker, writer and consultant.
Early life and education
Bishop was born in Leigh on Sea, England, and educated at Westcliff High School for Girls.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> 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.<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref>
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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> In 1999 she was the World Indoor Rowing Champion.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> She competed in the Women's Eight in the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996), the Coxless Pair in Sydney (2000) before going on to win silver in the 2004 Olympic Games in the Women's coxless pair with Grainger.<ref name=":1" /><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
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 to 2011.<ref>British Government CV Template:Webarchive</ref>
Consultancy
Bishop now has a consultancy business specialising in leadership and team performance drawing on her successful sports career.<ref name=":0" />
References
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- 1971 births
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- English female rowers
- Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Aberystwyth University
- Alumni of the University of Reading
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
- People educated at Westcliff High School for Girls
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta
- 21st-century English sportswomen
- 20th-century English sportswomen