Trio of Olympic Champions amongst six title winners at GB Rowing Team Trials, "Heather Stanning backed for quick return despite European absence", GB Rowing, 1 June 2014, European Championships – Men's four and women's pair stand out in Serbia, "European Rowing Championships 2014: Great Britain win two golds", World Rowing.com, 1 June 2014. Although undefeated in the World Cup series, Glover and Stanning did not enter the first round at Varese, and did not start the final of round II at Lucerne due to sickness, thus they did not accrue sufficient points for overall series victory. They retained their world title at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France. [3][73][74], At the end of 2014, Glover was officially ranked #2 female rower in the world by World Rowing, behind Caroline Lind and ahead of Meghan Musnicki. 2 August 2012. [109], On 13 March 2018 it was announced that Backshall and Glover were expecting twins. [116][117], In August 2013, fuchsia "Helen Glover" was awarded Certificate 8162 by the American Fuchsia Society. The following 137 pages are in this category, out of 137 total. Database of registered hybrids. Great Britain did not enter round 2 of the World Cup in Hamburg due to an E. coli outbreak in the area. At Aiguebelette they qualified directly for the final which they completed in 7 minutes 6.9 seconds, finishing two seconds ahead of the Americans Grace Luczak and world number one ranked rower Caroline Lind. @BarneyHarwood @Linds_bluepeter @iamradzi #chuffed". If you asked her to do something, she would do it. [57][58][59][60], Teamed with Heather Stanning in the women's coxless pair, Glover won gold at the second and third rounds of the World Rowing Cup at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France in June and Lucerne Rotsee on 13 July, which also clinched the overall title despite TeamGB not entering the first event in Australia in March. [32] In May at the World Rowing Cup in Bled they finished 9th, and in June they finished 5th at Munich, but were unable to race at Lucerne in July due to Glover's illness. Helen Glover MBE (born 17 June 1986) is a British professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. The British rowers are also aiming to raise £50,000 for Plan UK’s campaign, which campaigns for the rights of girls and young women to overcome … This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in rowing. The world silver medallists led from the start, clocking seven minutes 27.13 seconds to become the first British female rowers to win an Olympic title. GB Rowing Team announces crews for first 2012 World Cup", "Brilliant Glover and Stanning claim gold for GB", "Helen Glover & Heather Stanning enter Olympics history", "Olympic record for Helen Glover and Heather Stanning in rowing", "Olympics 2012: Royal Mail unveils special stamps to celebrate GB gold medal winners", "Penzance post box painted gold for Olympian Helen Glover", "Pair of winners making waves – The Sunday Times", "2013 World Rowing Championships / Overview - worldrowing.com", British Rowing. [56] In their heat Swann and Glover set a new European best time of 7 minutes 9 seconds, and in the final on 1 June they lowered it to 7 minutes 3.62 seconds, finishing 5 seconds ahead of the reigning European champion Christina Grigoras and Laura Oprea of Romania. Interview with Helen Glover – part 1, BBC Radio Cornwall, August 2013, David White Show. [51][52], On 17 March 2014, Glover was part of the composite crew that won the Women's Eights Head of the River Race on the River Thames in London, setting a record time of 17:42.2 for the 4 1⁄4-mile (6.8 km) Championship Course from Mortlake to Putney. GB women's rowing history covering the Women's European Rowing Championships 1954-1973 and the World Championships and Olympic regattas since then. "[33][37], In 2012, Glover and Stanning again won the coxless pair event at the GB Rowing Team selection trials at Eton Dorney on 10–11 March, and went on to complete a clean sweep of all three events in the women's coxless pair of the World Rowing Cup. [4], Glover was born in Treliske Hospital, Truro to Rachel (née Tucker), a physiotherapist who trained at Guy's Hospital, and Jimmy Glover, a school teacher and Oxford University graduate. Glover commented that it was "... the start of the season, rather than a peak ..." and Stanning noted their "great working combination with coach Robin (Williams)," and the "excitement of getting back into the boat each year. David White Show. [8][9][10], Educated at Heamoor Community Primary School and Humphry Davy School in Penzance,[11][12] Glover won a sports scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset between 2002 and 2004 due to her running and hockey prowess. Thus, whilst attending University College in Plymouth, she transferred her 'teaching placement' to Oldfield School, Bath. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, in partnership with Heather Stanning, she set the Olympic record and won the gold medal in the women's coxless pairs, the inaugural gold medal won by Team GB in 2012 and the first Olympic gold medal for British women's rowing. Sue Bailey (rowing) Lorraine Baker (rower) Katie Ball; Allison Barnett; Alex Beever; Karen Bennett; Pauline Bird-Hart; Diana Bishop (rower) Dot Blackie; Sally Bloomfield; Alison Bonner; Charlotte Booth (rower) Nicola Boyes; Alison Brownless; Katharine Brownlow; Bethany Bryan; Bridget Buckley; Ellen Buttrick British rowers set Atlantic crossing record. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Category:British_female_rowers&oldid=987220331, Wikipedia non-diffusing parent categories, Template Category TOC via CatAutoTOC on category with 101–200 pages, CatAutoTOC generates standard Category TOC, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 November 2020, at 17:52. 1st – World Rowing Cup, Munich, coxless pair. Four British women have been rescued after becoming stranded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for more than 16 hours when their rowing boat capsized, robbing them of their oars. Four British women have been rescued after becoming stranded in the mid-Atlantic for more than 16 hours when their rowing boat capsized as they attempted to break an ocean-crossing record. ", whilst their coach Robin Williams said “The coach shouldn’t be that impressed I suppose, since I see them every day, but I’m just lost for words, quite stunning.”. This made Glover the first British rower to hold the Olympic, World and European titles simultaneously. In 2015, after retaining their world championship, Stanning said “Thinking back four years we were clear water ahead but lost it on the line. When Katherine finally won that elusive Olympic gold at London 2012, it was arguably the most popular Team GB success of the Games “You’ll be surprised just how much you can relate to the stories of the GB Rowing Team,” says Katherine Grainger CBE, the most successful female rower in British Rowing history. [40][41] As with other gold medal winners, Royal Mail issued a commemorative stamp showing their celebrations, plus painting a post box gold in her home town of Penzance. In February 2010, Glover gave up her teaching job and lived with no income while focussing exclusively on training for the national team selection trials. [99][100], On 19 June 2016, Glover and Stanning won the final of the World Cup III event at Poznan, Poland, setting a new World Cup Best time of 6 minutes 52.79 seconds to finish 1.6 seconds ahead of the newly crowned World Cup Champions – Genevieve Behrent and Rebecca Scown of New Zealand. British Rowing is the home of the sport of rowing and the GB Rowing Team. [61][62] At Lucerne they again qualified directly for the final which, despite Glover's illness, they completed in 7 minutes 12.99 seconds, finishing a length ahead of the New Zealand 2 crew of Grace Prendergast and Kerri Gowler. Heather Mary Stanning OBE (born 26 January 1985) is a retired British professional rower, a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team, and Royal Artillery officer. On 12 July they again won gold at the third round of the World Rowing Cup, at Lake Rotsee in Lucerne, which also gave them overall victory in the World Cup series, Glover's fifth series win in five years. In 2016, they retained their European title at Brandenburg an der Havel, set the World Rowing Cup record time at Poznan and again won gold in the Olympics. [4][18], In April 2013, Glover won the women's single scull at the GB Rowing Team Trials held at the Redgrave Pinsent Rowing Lake, Caversham, Berkshire. Warm up, start rowing and get fit by rowing along with the guys. 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Racing under the acronym LIMA, the crew comprised: Jessica Eddie – London RC; Zoe Lee – Imperial College BC; Helen Glover – Minerva-Bath RC; and Heather Stanning – Army RC. It was hybridized by W.E.Negus (Ernie) of Hayle Cornwall, and is described as a single flower containing a light violet corolla, a light rose tube and a yellowish white sepal redolent of Cornish ice cream.[118][119][120]. Interview with Helen Glover – (part 1), BBC Radio Cornwall, 2012. [43][44] Within a week of winning her medal she broke it and thus received a replacement. This list may not reflect recent changes (learn more). They defeated the silver medallists, Noemie Kober and Marie Le Nepvou of the Netherlands, by over six seconds. David White Show. The former science teacher, ... “I have met my personal challenge to become the fastest female to row the Atlantic, solo and unsupported
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