About Heidi:

What course are you studying and what level?

MSc by research in women’s and reproductive health

Why did you chose that course?

I want to research the impact of ultra processed food on fertility

When, where and why did you start rowing? And what do you love about the sport?

2010, Marlow Rowing Club, I signed up at school and went once a week and loved it, I ended up joining Marlow after a family walk in Markow and seeing them training

What was your first rowing club and coach?

Marlow Rowing Club, Bret King and Colin Picton

What or who was the earliest sporting inspiration you remember as a child?

Katherine Grainger and Jessica Ennis-Hill

How has rowing and being part of the Boat Race squad impacted your life?

I’ve always wanted to race in a blue boat and am very excited

If you weren’t a rower, what sport do you think you’d excel at?

Triathlon

What is your favourite non-academic book?

All the light we cannot see

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