Helen Glover

Helen Glover MBE (born 17 June 1986) is a British professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. Ranked the number 1 female rower in the world in 2015–16, she is a two-time Olympic champion, triple World champion, quintuple World Cup champion and quadruple European champion. She and her partner Heather Stanning were the World, Olympic, World Cup and European record holders, plus the Olympic, World and European champions in the women's coxless pairs. She has also been a British champion in both women's fours and quadruple sculls.

Helen Glover
MBE
Glover displaying her gold medal from the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameHelen Rachel Mary Glover
NationalityBritish
Born (1986-06-17) 17 June 1986
Truro, Cornwall, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight11 st 0 lb; 154 lb (70 kg)
Spouse
Steve Backshall
(m. 2016)
Children3
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
Turned pro2010
Partner(s)Heather Stanning 2010–12, 2014–
Polly Swann 2013–2014, 2021-
Coached byPaul Stannard 2008–10
Robin Williams 2010–13, 2014, 2021
Paul Thompson 2014
Achievements and titles
Olympic finalsChampion (W2-) 2012, 2016
World finalsChampion (W2-) 2013, 2014, 2015
Highest world rankingWorld #1 female in 2015-6
Personal bests6:50.61 at 2014 World Rowing Championships (WR)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2012 LondonW2-
2016 Rio de JaneiroW2-
World Championships
2013 ChungjuW2-
2014 AmsterdamW2−
2015 AiguebeletteW2–
2010 KarapiroW2-
2011 Lake BledW2-
2023 BelgradeW4-
World Rowing Cup
2011 Munich W2-
2011 Lucerne W2-
2012 Belgrade W2-
2012 Lucerne W2-
2012 Munich W2-
2013 Sydney W2-
2013 Eton Dorney, London W2-
2013 Lucerne W2-
2014 Lac d'Aiguebelette W2-
2014 Lucerne W2-
2015 Lake Varese W2-
2015 Lucerne W2-
2016 Poznan W2-
European Championships
2014 BelgradeW2−
2015 PoznanW2−
2016 Brandenburg an der HavelW2−
2021 VareseW2−
2023 BledW4–

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. In December 2012 she won the BBC Olympic Superstars game show. At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in South Korea, she became the world champion with her partner Polly Swann, with whom she also won the 2014 European Rowing Championships at Belgrade and thus became the first woman to hold the Olympic, World and European titles for the coxless pair. She retained her world title and set the world record time in partnership with Heather Stanning at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. They retained their world title at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France. 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 at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. She retired after the Olympics to begin a family.

In 2021 it was announced that she had restarted training, and on 11 April she regained the European Coxless Pair title in Varese with Polly Swann. She and Swann finished fourth in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the first mother to row for Britain. Glover said "Everyone will remember the year of the pandemic for their own reasons, but for me I'm going to think 'that was the year that took me to another Olympics' And that's bonkers."

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