Naomi joy riches mbe (born on 15 june 1983) is a british adaptive rower who won a bronze medal at the 2008 summer paralympics and a gold medal at the 2012 summer.

Paralympic rower naomi. Paralympic adaptive rower, naomi, competed for over 10 years as part of the british mixed coxed four. Bsl interpreters helen watson and marie biswell were in attendence. The great thames row 2016 starring naomi riches mbe, sir steve redgrave, malcolm knight.

Naomi competed in the mixed coxed four winning six world championship gold medals, a paralympic bronze medal in beijing and at the london 2012 games she became paralympic. Naomi riches answers our burning questions about her life as a paralympic rower and experience of winning gold at the london 2012 paralympic games. A film created by the river & rowing museum youth squad for their project 'blood, sweat and tears:

Join our virtual event and meet paralympic adaptive rower, naomi riches mbe. Born in 1983, naomi riches was just 8 weeks old when she was diagnosed with a visual impairment. This weekend, naomi riches will attempt to set a new world record as the fastest woman to row the length of the river thames solo.

The olympic experience.funded by hlf. Paralympic rowers naomi riches, david smith, james roe, pamela relph and lily van den broecke proudly hold their member of the british empire medals after an the investiture. Naomi’s great thames row is the crowning achievement to her stellar achievements in rowing.

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