Lola Anderson

British rower (born 1998)

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Lola Anderson is a world champion and Olympic gold medal-winning British rower. She was inspired to take up the sport as a teenager while watching Great Britain win four rowing golds at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, encouraged by her father, Don, a former university rower.

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Anderson's emotional tribute to father after gold medal Watch as Great Britain's Lola Anderson and Hannah Scott react to winning gold in the women's quad sculls at the Paris 2024 Olympics. BBC Sport - Published 5 hours ago
Tearful Olympic champion tells of binned 'dream' note her dad kept and gave to her before he died As a teenager in 2012, Lola Anderson was inspired by the London games - so much so that she wrote in her diary it was her "biggest dream in life" to row in the Olympics and possibly win gold. Sky News - Published 7 hours ago
GB rower's diary note dream treasured by late father Team GB rower Lola Anderson threw away a diary entry about her Olympic gold ambitions, but her dad kept it and gave it back before he died. BBC Sport - Published 1 week ago