Francesca Allen
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| Full name | Francesca Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 May 2002 Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Para-rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability | Erb's palsy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Disability class | PR3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Francesca "Frankie" Allen (born 26 May 2002) is a British adaptive rower who competes in international rowing competitions. She is a three-time World champion and three-time European champion in the mixed coxed four. She was on Great Britain's gold medal-winning team at the 2024 Summer Paralympics.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Allen is from Wallingford, Oxfordshire and was born with Erb’s Palsy.[1] She began rowing at age 12, on the river at Henley-On-Thames on a boat called ‘Tinkerbelle’.[2] She attended Pangbourne College and, later, Oxford Brookes University, where she was studying for a BSc in physiotherapy.[3][4]
Career
[edit | edit source]Allen rowed for Pangbourne College, under coach, Richard Follett,[2] where she was the head of girls boats.[5] She then rowed for the Oxford Brookes University Boat Club.[6]
In 2022, shortly after beginning university, Allen joined Great Britain's PR3 mixed coxed four. At the 2022 World Rowing Championships, Allen won gold in the PR3 mixed coxed four and, with Giedre Rakauskaite, PR3 W2-.[7] This made her the first woman to win two world championship titles in the same regatta.[4] With Erin Kennedy (cox), Rakauskaite, Ed Fuller, and Morgan Fice-Noyes, Allen won gold in PR3 mixed coxed four at the 2023 European Championships.[8] The team won gold again at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.[9]
With Kennedy (cox), Rakauskaite, Fuller, and Josh O’Brien, Allen won gold in PR3 mixed coxed four at the 2024 European Championships.[10] At the 2024 Summer Paralympics, the team rowed a new world best time of 6:43.68 and won gold in PR3 mixed coxed four.[11][12][1] The victory marked Britain's PR3 mixed coxed four's 25th consecutive world title since 2010.[13]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Francesca Allen at World RowingLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Frankie Allen at British Rowing
- Frankie Allen at ParalympicsGBLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Frankie Allen on InstagramLua error in Module:EditAtWikidata at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- 2002 births
- Living people
- People from Wallingford, Oxfordshire
- British female rowers
- Paralympic rowers for Great Britain
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- European Rowing Championships medalists
- 21st-century British sportswomen
- Rowers at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Paralympics
- Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain
- Paralympic medalists in rowing
- Alumni of Oxford Brookes University