Pauline Bird-Hart

Pauline Bird-Hart (born 31 July 1957) is a British retired rower who competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics.[1]

Pauline Bird-Hart
Personal information
Birth namePauline Bird
NationalityBritish
Born (1957-07-31) 31 July 1957
Sport
SportRowing
ClubKingston RC
Tideway Scullers School
Medal record
Rowing
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 1986 Edinburgh eight

Rowing career

Bird married fellow national champion rower Michael Hart in late 1976, then competing as Pauline Hart until 1980.

She was part of a composite quadruple sculls crew, that 1974 National Championships.[2] Later that year she participated in the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne, which was the inaugural championships for women. Competing in the quadruple sculls event the crew were eliminated in the heats.[3][4] She won the double sculls with Jackie Darling, rowing for a Civil Service and Weybridge Ladies composite and the quadruple sculls, at the 1975 National Rowing Championships,[5] followed by the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, where the crew finished 9th overall after a third-place finish in the B final.[6] She was selected to represent Great Britain in the women's coxed fours event at the 1976 Olympics, with Diana Bishop, Clare Grove, Gill Webb and Pauline Wright, where they finished in eighth place.[7]

In 1977 she was part of the double scull that reached the final and finished fifth at the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. This was the first time that a British women's crew had reached a world final.[8][9] She won the 1977 National Championships and 1978 National Championships double sculls title rowing for Kingston with Astrid Ayling[10][11] and the single sculls title in 1978.[12] At the 1979 National Championships she was part of the composite crew that won the quadruple sculls.[13] In 1980 she went to her second Olympic Games when as part of the women's coxed four, the crew finished in sixth place.

As part of the double sculls with Sandy Lutz she won the national title, at the 1983 National Rowing Championships.[14] She represented England and won two silver medals in the eight and the coxless pair with Flo Johnston, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[15][16]

She won another national title in 1987 in the double sculls with Julia Spence rowing for the Tideway Scullers School at the 1987 National Championships.[17]

References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Pauline Bird-Hart Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  2. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (20-21 JULY)". Rowing Story.
  3. "Railton, Jim. "British eight sprint to silver medal." Times, 9 Sept. 1974, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
  4. "Railton, Jim. "Mrs Clark's rapid rise with pathfinders." Times, 2 Sept. 1974, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
  5. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 21 July 1975, p. 6". Times Digital Archives.
  6. Railton, Jim (1 September 1975). "Rowing". The Times. p. 7 via Times Digital Archives.
  7. "Biographical information". Olympedia.
  8. Railton, Jim (29 August 1977). "Rowing". The Times. p. 11 via Times Digital Archives.
  9. "1977 World Rowing Championships". Rowing Story. Retrieved 1 October 2020.
  10. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 18 July 1977, p. 7". Times Digital Archives.
  11. "PAULINE PEEL (NÉE BIRD THEN HART)". Rowing Story.
  12. "Railton, Jim. "Rowing." Times, 17 July 1978, p. 11". Times Digital Archives.
  13. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (20-21 JULY 1979)". Rowing Story.
  14. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS". Rowing Story.
  15. "1986 Athletes". Team England.
  16. "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
  17. "NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (18-19 JULY 1987)". Rowing Story. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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