Penny Chuter

Penelope Ann "Penny" Chuter OBE[1] (born 28 July 1942)[2] is a British former international sculler, rowing coach and rowing administrator.

Penny Chuter

Penny Chuter in 1964
Personal information
Born	28 July 1942 (1942-07-28) (age 78) Dunfermline, Scotland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Club	Carrick Rowing Club Cornwall
Medal record Representing  Great Britain European Rowing Championships 1962 East Berlin Single sculls

Chuter competed for Great Britain in the women's single scull event at the European Rowing Championships each year from 1960 to 1964, winning the silver medal in 1962.[1][3][4] In 1964, she retired from international competition and started training as a physical education teacher.[5][3]

In 1973, the Amateur Rowing Association (ARA) appointed Chuter as its first national coach with responsibility for women's rowing. She remained with the ARA for about twenty years, becoming its chief coach for men's rowing from 1979 to 1982, then Director of Coaching from 1982 to 1986 and Director of International Rowing from 1986 to 1990.[4] Her trainees included a 1992 Olympian Wade Hall-Craggs.[2]

Chuter received an OBE in 1989,[5] and the FISA Distinguished Services to Rowing Award in 2006.[6]

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  Chuter carrying single scull (1964)

References

1. Rudern – Europameisterschaften (Damen – Einer). sport-komplett.de
2. Penny Chuter at FISA WorldRowing.com
3. Schweinbenz, Amanda Nicole (2007). Paddling Against the Current: A History of Women's Competitive International Rowing Between 1954 and 2003. University of British Columbia. pp. 280–282. ISBN 9780494319222.
4. Houlihan, Barrie (2002). The Politics of Sport Development. Routledge. p. 170. ISBN 9780415277495.
5. "Pushing against the current: Penny Chuter". World Rowing e-Magazine. FISA (Autumn-Winter 2006): 8–9. Retrieved 5 August 2012.
6. "World Rowing Awards". worldrowing.com.

Further reading

• Redgrave, Steve; Townsend, Nick (2004). A Golden Age: The Autobiography. Random House. ISBN 9780563538219.