Tara Slade
Squads
Boat Race History
- 2023 Oxford Women’s Blue Boat
- 2024 Oxford Women’s Reserve Boat
About Tara:
What course are you studying and what level?
Graduate Entry Medicine
Why did you chose that course?
It’s the best way to harness new research and bring it into the real world to help patients.
When, where and why did you start rowing? And what do you love about the sport?
I started coxing at Cambridge to improve my leadership and communications skills to make me a better doctor. I fell in love with the sport and the people who dedicate themselves to it because of the resilience, teamwork and strategy underlying each race.
What was your first rowing club and coach?
Caius Boat Club
What or who was the earliest sporting inspiration you remember as a child?
Jessica Ennis
How has rowing and being part of the Boat Race squad impacted your life?
Every aspect of my life is tailored to making my degree and rowing work together.
If you weren’t a rower, what sport do you think you’d excel at?
Quidditch
What is your favourite non-academic book?
Harry Potter
