Milly Troup
Nationality: GBR Role: Rower
Current Course
MSt in French
Status
Postgraduate
College
Balliol College
University
Oxford
Squad
Boat Race Record
2025 Oxford Women's Reserve Boat
About Milly Troup
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
My stepdad taught me to row in a double on my home stretch in Henley.
What inspires you about sport?
How much you learn about yourself and the people around you.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
My mum was an Oxford blue and my stepdad was a Cambridge blue, so I grew up watching the race with them on TV or at the river every year (though I always supported Oxford).
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
I usually question my life choices a bit when a very early alarm goes off, but having all my teammates around me at training always makes those sessions worth it. That culture and sense of belonging really makes you feel part of a unit on race day.
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
Learning to say no at the right time, but also figuring out when it's fine to lose a bit of sleep and then where you can catch it up.
