Jennie Astley
Nationality: GBR
Height: 179cm
Course
College
University
Oxford
Status
Role
Rower
Squads
About Jennie:
What course are you studying and what level?
PhD Molecular and Cellular Medicine
Why did you chose that course?
When, where and why did you start rowing? And what do you love about the sport?
2015, Berwick-upon-Tweed for a charity fancy dress race. Wanted to try a low impact sport
What was your first rowing club and coach?
St Cuthbert’s Society Boat Club (undergrad college), no coach just students…
What or who was the earliest sporting inspiration you remember as a child?
Kelly Holmes
How has rowing and being part of the Boat Race squad impacted your life?
If you weren’t a rower, what sport do you think you’d excel at?
Cycling
What is your favourite non-academic book?
Into Thin Air – John Krakauer
