Brigid Cassells

Brigid Cassells is an Australian former lightweight rower. She won silver medals at two World Rowing Championships.

Brigid Cassells

Personal information
Alma mater	Australian National University
Sport
Country	Australia
Sport	Rowing
Club	ANU Boat Club
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Australia World Rowing Championships 1984 Montreal LW8+ 1988 Milan LW4-

Club and state rowing

Raised in Canberra, Cassell's senior club rowing was from the Australian National University Boat Club.

Cassell first made New South Wales state representation in 1983 in the lightweight four which contested the Victoria Cup at the Interstate Regatta within the Australian Rowing Championships.^[1] She raced that event twice again in 1984 and 1990 when she stroked the New South Wales four.^[2]

In ANU colours she contested national championship events at the Australian Rowing Championships. She rowed at five in a composite Australian Capital Territory eight competing for the open women's eight title in 1982.^[3] In 1983, she was in the three seat of a composite eight comprising the New South Wales state selected lightweight plus heavyweight women's fours.^[4]

International representative rowing

Cassells made her Australian representative debut in the lightweight eight at the inaugural world lightweight championships - the 1984 World Rowing Championships in Montreal. The women's eight was a demonstration rather than a championship event but the Australian girls with Cassells in the five seat rowed to a second place.^[5][6]

At the Milan 1988 Cassells rowed in the bow seat of the lightweight coxless four which took the silver medal.^[7]

References

1. "1983 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 27 September 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
2. "1984 Interstate Regatta". Archived from the original on 18 October 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
3. 1982 Australian Championships
4. 1985 Australian Championships
5. Cassells at World Rowing
6. "1984 World Championships". Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 22 July 2018.
7. 1988 World Championships Archived 11 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine.

• Brigid Cassells at World Rowing