Lily Young
Nationality: GBR Role: Rower
Current Course
MSc in Clinical Embryology
Status
Postgraduate
College
St Anne's College
University
Oxford
Squad
About Lily Young
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
Loch Lomond Rowing Club - Ian Butcher and Martin Claxton.
What inspires you about sport?
The lengths to which athletes can push themselves physically and mentally.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
On the TV when a swimmer attempted to disrupt the race.
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
I enjoy the training experience and being in boats, especially fast ones.
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
To-do lists.
