Annamarie Phelps
Honorific suffixCBE
Birth nameAnnamarie Stapleton
NationalityBritish
SportRowing
Birth date24 May 1966 (age 60)
Birth placeBrent, England, United Kingdom[1]

Annamarie Phelps CBE ( Stapleton, born 24 May 1966), is a British rower and sports administrator. She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[2] She was Chairman of British Rowing from 2013 to 2018,[3] and became Vice-Chairman of the British Olympic Association in 2017.[4] She was chair of the British Horseracing Authority from June 2019[5] to June 2022.[6]

Phelps was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2016 New Year Honours, for services to rowing.[7]

References

  1. ^ "LinkedIn Post". LinkedIn. Retrieved 20 Nov 2025.
  2. ^ "Annamarie Stapleton Olympic Results". Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Annamarie Phelps CBE interview: "I love what I do; I've viewed it as a privilege"". British Rowing. Retrieved 10 November 2018.
  4. ^ "Annamarie Phelps CBE has become Vice-Chair of the British Olympic Association". British Olympic Association. 23 February 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2017.
  5. ^ Barber, Bill (2 April 2019). "Former Olympic rower Annamarie Phelps named as new BHA chair". Racing Post
  6. ^ Barber, Bill (1 June 2022). "Racing's leaders promise to collaborate as Joe Saumarez Smith becomes BHA chair". Racing Post. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
  7. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2016". Government of the United Kingdom. Retrieved 8 November 2021.