In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games.

Bishop was born in Leigh on Sea, England, and educated at Westcliff High School for Girls.

[3][5] She competed in the Women's Eight in the Olympic Games in Atlanta (1996), the Coxless Pair in Sydney (2000) before going on to win silver in the 2004 Olympic Games in the Women's coxless pair with Grainger.

[3][6] From 2001 through 2014 Bishop forged a career with the Foreign Office, for whom she worked in London; Sarajevo, Bosnia; and Basra Iraq.

[7] Bishop now has a consultancy business specialising in leadership and team performance drawing on her successful sports career.