title: Suzie Longstaff
text: # Suzie Longstaff
  
  Suzanne Kathryn Longstaff (née Ellis, born 14 June 1969) is a British teacher and former rower.
  
  ## Biography
  
  Longstaff attended Abbots Bromley School and then Durham University, graduating in 1990 with a degree in Economics. She coxed for Durham University Women's Boat Club as a student. From 1991-1994 she was employed as an Advertising Manager at Haymarket Publishing.
  
  She competed in the women's eight event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. In 1996 she began teacher training at Homerton College, Cambridge, and was selected to cox the Cambridge University Boat Club's reserve crew Goldie at the 1997 Boat Race. The same year she was the cox for the British crew that won the bronze medal in the women's eight at the 1997 World Championships. She was selected to cox the university's reserve crew for a second time in 1998.
  
  Longstaff has been Headmistress of Putney High School since 2015.
  
  