Miriam Batten

Miriam Luke MBE (née Batten; born 4 November 1964) is a former British rower who competed at three Olympic Games and winning a silver medal in 2000.

The team which consisted of Batten, Annamarie Stapleton, Lisa Eyre, Dot Blackie, Kate Pollitt, Cath Bishop, Joanne Turvey, Alison Gill and Suzie Ellis finished in seventh place.

[2] In 1997 she represented Great Britain at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette and won a silver medal in the double scull with Scot Gillian Lindsay.

The following year she represented Britain again at the 1998 World Rowing Championships in Cologne and this time won a gold medal in the double scull with Gillian Lindsay.

Batten was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2024 New Year Honours for services to women's rowing.