Miriam Batten
Miriam Batten is a British rower. She won silver at the 2000 Summer Olympics in the quadruple scull with her younger sister Guin Batten and gold at the 1998 World Rowing Championships in the double scull with Gillian Lindsay.
On 3 June 2012, Miriam was amongst the rowers on the Gloriana at the start of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant.
Miriam was a member of the Southampton University Boat Club whilst she studied at the University of Southampton.
She is married to David Luke, who works as a physical education teacher at Chiltern Edge Secondary School.
She is a Vice President of Thames Rowing Club, the club which she represented during her international competitive career, and a member of Upper Thames Rowing Club. She was appointed Chairman of the Henley Women's Regatta in 2012. In December 2016 she was appointed as a Steward of Henley Royal Regatta.
