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University College student awarded MBE

(3 January 2013)

A current University College student has been appointed MBE in the New Year Honours for 2013. In total 1,225 individuals have been recommended for an award, of which 72% are individuals who have carried out outstanding work in their communities.

University College student and rowing cox Lily van den Broecke has been awarded an MBE for her services to rowing and paralympic sport. In 2011, Lily won the gold medal in the (LTA) mixed coxed four at the World Rowing Championships in Slovenia and again at the World Cup in Munich. Lily and crewmates, Pamela Relph, Naomi Riches, Dave Smith and James Roe repeated their success and took the gold medal at the London 2012 Paralympic games.

Lily is currently in her second year at Durham and is reading for a BA in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.