Alison Brownless
British rower
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Nickname | Wilma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Oxford, Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1996 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alison "Wilma" Purnell née Alison Brownless (born 1962) is a retired British rower who competed at international level events. She was a World champion and five-time silver medalist in the women's lightweight pairs and fours. She was the first British woman to win six Championship medals.[1][2]
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World champions – Lightweight women's coxless four
- 1984: (Beatriz Keller, Evelyn Herwegh, Regina Mayer, Claudia Engels)
- 1985: (Monika Wolf, Sonja Petri, Claudia Engels, Evelyn Herwegh)
- 1986: (Carolyn Mehaffey, Sandy Kendall, Mandi Kowal, Anne Martin)
- 1987: (Sandy Kendall, Lindsay Burns, Angela Herron, Mandi Kowal)
- 1988: (Zeng Meilan, Zhang Huajie, Lin Zhiai, Liang Sanmei)
- 1989: (Liang Sanmei, Zeng Meilan, Zhang Huajie, Lin Zhiai)
- 1990: (Jill Blois, Colleen Miller, Diana Sinnige, Rachel Starr)
- 1991: (Li Fei, Liang Sanmei, Liao Xiaoli, Ou Shaoyan)
- 1992: (Marina Cade, Deirdre Fraser, Virginia Lee, Liz Moller)
- 1993: (Alison Brownless, Anna Marie Dryden, Jane Hall, Tonia Williams)
- 1994: (Christine Collins, Danika Holbrook-Harris, Charlotte Hollings, Linda Muri)
- 1995: (Barbara Byrne, Linda Muri, Whitney Post, Sarah Simmons)
- 1996: (Liu Bili, Liu Mei Ling, Wang Fang, Zhong Aifang)