Bishop, Catherine
Date Born/Est
22 Nov 1971
Biographical Display
CATH BISHOP, GB Olympic medallist [last update September 2004]
Cath Bishop won a silver medal in coxless pairs with Katherine Grainger at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In 2003 she and Grainger became world champions in the pair in Milan. Bishop won a silver medal in the world championshipsat Cologne in 1998 with Dot Blackie in a pair, and was on the Sydney 2000 Olympic team. She learned to row as a student at Cambridge, competing twice for her university in the Women's Boat Race and joining the GB team in 1995. She became the best performer on the ergometer among British women, holding at least four national titles and one world one, and setting British and world records.
After the Sydney Olympics Bishop, a linguist, joined the Foreign Office on a fast-track graduate training course while continuing to row. In 2001 she and Grainger formed a pair which won medals in the world cup regattas but failed to reach the medal zone in either the pair or the eight. Bishop then retired from the national team, but in the spring of 2003 came out of retirement and joined Grainger again. They won the world title in Milan.
Cath Bishop won a silver medal in coxless pairs with Katherine Grainger at the Athens Olympic Games in 2004. In 2003 she and Grainger became world champions in the pair in Milan. Bishop won a silver medal in the world championshipsat Cologne in 1998 with Dot Blackie in a pair, and was on the Sydney 2000 Olympic team. She learned to row as a student at Cambridge, competing twice for her university in the Women's Boat Race and joining the GB team in 1995. She became the best performer on the ergometer among British women, holding at least four national titles and one world one, and setting British and world records.
After the Sydney Olympics Bishop, a linguist, joined the Foreign Office on a fast-track graduate training course while continuing to row. In 2001 she and Grainger formed a pair which won medals in the world cup regattas but failed to reach the medal zone in either the pair or the eight. Bishop then retired from the national team, but in the spring of 2003 came out of retirement and joined Grainger again. They won the world title in Milan.
Place Of Birth
Southend on Sea/England
