Sarah Winckless MBE

She/her

Olympian, coach and facilitator ​

Sarah is a 2004 Olympic bronze medallist and double world champion rower. Since retiring from rowing, she has become a global coaching expert and taken on several leadership roles within sport, including heading up the most successful Youth Olympic Games team ever in 2014, the Youth Commonwealth Games in 2017 and the Commonwealth Games in 2018. She was the inaugural Chairman of the BOA’s Athletes Commission and the first ever female Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race umpire. Sarah was awarded an MBE in 2015 for services to sport and young people. ​