| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | Margaret A. Lambourn (1951-04-11)11 April 1951 (age 74) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Club | Abingdon Civil Service Ladies Kingston RC |
Margaret A. Phillips (néeLambourn; born 11 April 1951) is a retired rower who competed for Great Britain.[1]
Lambourn was born in 1951.[2] She started rowing when she joined theAbingdon Rowing Club while in the sixth form at school. After leaving school she joined theCivil Service Ladies Rowing Club.[3]
After a bronze medal success in the coxed fours at the1972 British Rowing Championships she became a British champion the following year when winning the same event at the1973 British Rowing Championships.[3][4] In 1974 she won a second British title at the1974 British Rowing Championships[5] and was consequently selected by Great Britain for the1974 World Rowing Championships inLucerne which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the coxed four event the crew finished 11th overall after a fifth place finish in the B final.[6][7]
At the1975 World Rowing Championships she rowed in the eight that took 10th place finishing fourth in the B final.[3]
She married Jack Phillips in Abingdon during 1976 and rowed as Maggie Phillips afterwards. Her hopes of rowing in the1976 Summer Olympics were ruined by the decision by theAmateur Rowing Association to take only certain boats. In 1977 she was part of the coxed four that finished 9th overall and fourth in the B final at the1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam[8][9] and won a third National title in the coxed four at the1977 British Rowing Championships.[3][10]
Phillips became an umpire in 1982. She was a member of the jury at the2010 World Rowing Championships atLake Karapiro in New Zealand and was umpire at the2012 Olympics held atEton Dorney in England.[3]