They defeated the silver medallists, Megan Kalmoe and Kerry Simmonds of the United States, by over two seconds. Get all the latest videos of races, interviews, news and events and more! The official channel for British Rowing - the governing body for the sport of rowing. Database of registered hybrids. She has also been a British champion in both women's fours and quad sculls.[3]. ... (Warwick Rowing's Women… Rowing is the nation’s most continuously successful Olympic sport, having won a gold medal in every Olympic Games since 1984, and has won six Paralympic golds since the sport was introduced … They won both their heat and the semi-final and set a new European record time of 6:58.28 in the final. Interview with Helen Glover – (part 1), BBC Radio Cornwall, 2012. He also captained the University of Oxford in both the 1960 Varsity Match and against South Africa;he made 199 appearances for Bristol; played for 'Devon & Cornwall' against the 'All Blacks'; played for the Barbarians; and captained Cornwall in the County Championship whilst winning 41 caps. 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. Almost 50% of exercising women consider their menstrual cycle to have a negative impact on exercise and performance. The crew comprised Heather Stanning – Army RC; Beth Rodford – Gloucester RC; Zoe Lee – Imperial College BC; Jessica Eddie – London RC; Helen Glover – Minerva-Bath RC; Olivia Carnegie-Brown – Oxford Brookes University BC; Tina Stiller – Tees RC; Caragh McMurtry – Reading University BC; cox Phelan Hill – Leander Club. They improved so rapidly that by November they won a silver medal at the 2010 World Rowing Championships at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand, finishing in 7:20.24 three seconds behind Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown of New Zealand. GB women's rowing history covering the Women's European Rowing Championships 1954-1973 and the World Championships and Olympic regattas since then. 1st – World Rowing Cup, Lucerne, July, coxless pair. We may never find another Helen Glover who progresses so rapidly. [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. C. Kenneth Crutchlow This page was last edited on 5 April 2020, at 12:02 (UTC). In July 2008, between graduating from the University of Wales and starting at University College Plymouth, Glover, at her mother's suggestion, applied to the Sporting Giants scheme, whereby she was placed on GB Rowing Team's "Start" programme under coach Paul Stannard at Minerva Bath Rowing Club in Bath, Somerset. ", "Olympic hero Helen Glover and Steve Backshall ROCK in clifftop wedding pics", "Team GB rowing star Helen Glover pregnant with twins", "Olympic rower Helen Glover loses unborn twin", https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cornwall-44945936, "SURPRISE! She retained her world title and set the world record time in partnership with Heather Stanning at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam. We may have cross-wind conditions at the Rio Olympics so it was good to race in them. We certainly haven’t forgotten that lesson. 74 were here. [43][44] Within a week of winning her medal she broke it and thus received a replacement. Lightweight rowing (abbreviated Lwt or Lt) is a category of rowing where limits are placed on the maximum body weight of competitors. 1st – Heat and semi-final, World Rowing Cup 11, Lucerne, May, coxless pair. ... when Polly and I raced together for the first time and we were fast it was very exciting. 5th – GB Rowing Team Senior Trials, single scull. Glover told the BBC that "There were waves coming over my back at the start but racing here has up-skilled us. Ranked number 1 female rower in the world since 2016, she is a double Olympic champion, double World champion, quadruple World Cup champion and double European champion. She grew up in Penzance in a competitive athletic family with older brother Benjamin (medical doctor), younger twin brother Nathan (political organiser and entrepreneur[5]) and younger sisters Ruth (nursery nurse) and Freya (junior doctor and winner of the Whittington hospital award for clinical excellence 2020). "[95][96], On 8 May 2016, Glover and Stanning won the European Rowing Championships at Brandenburg an der Havel to retain their European title. British Rowing’s Performance Talent Team passionately believes in supporting and expanding the ambitions of rowers who show potential regardless of their background or circumstances, to achieve their ambitions with a particular focus on female rowers. [34] This was Team GB's first gold medal of London 2012, and the first ever Olympic gold medal for British women's rowing. 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. Bath University friends' joy at golden moment for rowers, BBC Radio Cornwall, 2012. In windy conditions they completed the final in 7 minutes 35.93 seconds, eight seconds ahead of Kerstin Hartmann and Kathrin Marchand of Germany. Glover said: "I knew we were ready but there was so much expectation, so winning is definitely a relief. 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. This list may not reflect recent changes . Glover said "I wanted Polly to know that she wasn’t just a Heather substitute, she wasn't just filling in. Yorkshire | Liz Harries. 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. [47], On 31 August, teamed with Polly Swann in the women's coxless pair, she became the world champion at the 2013 World Rowing Championships at Chungju in South Korea. This category has the following 3 subcategories, out of 3 total. “Everyone has had a different route to success and there is no right or wrong way to do it. [45], Teamed with Polly Swann in the women's coxless pair, Glover completed a second clean sweep of three victories at the World Rowing Cup, winning gold at Penrith Lakes, Australia in March; Eton Dorney, London in June; and Lucerne Rotsee in July. [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. She excelled in hockey and cross country. They went on to win both the Munich and Lucerne World Rowing Cup regattas, beating the reigning world champions Haigh and Scown of New Zealand. [110] On 9 April Glover stated that one of the twins had died, but that she and Backshall were "hopeful for the remaining baby to arrive this summer". Video of the 2013 Final at Lucerne, Bath Chronicle. 1 August 2012. Glover and Swann also received the Chairman's award from the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA). We know how much we put into every session – it isn’t just our day job, it’s our passion. Interview with Helen Glover – part 3, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Helen_Glover_(rower)&oldid=1002930016, Alumni of Cardiff Metropolitan University, Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain, Members of the Order of the British Empire, World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain, Articles with dead external links from January 2020, Articles with permanently dead external links, Articles with dead external links from November 2017, Pages containing London Gazette template with parameter supp set to y, Pages using Infobox sportsperson with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. This page was last edited on 26 January 2021, at 17:52. Winning gold at Belgrade Sava, Serbia in May; Lucerne Rotsee, Switzerland in May; and Munich Oberschleissheim, Germany in June. Great Britain did not enter round 2 of the World Cup in Hamburg due to an E. coli outbreak in the area. Sir David Tanner, British Rowing's performance director, declared it “one of the best GB performances of all-time ... utterly exceptional,”. Warm up, start rowing and get fit by rowing along with the guys. [43][44], On 26 June 2013, she was awarded a Blue Peter badge, and on 26 September 2014, she was also awarded a Blue Peter gold badge. 2010 PDF, "For Olympic rowing champion Helen Glover, her golden season continues at the Head of the Charles Regatta", "Interview – Team GB rowing coach Robin Williams", "Henley on Thames News – Rowing coach with the golden touch", "Britain pull out of Rowing World Cup in Hamburg over E coli fears", "British Rowing. Read more. [48][49], In September 2013, she was the International Rowing Federation's Athlete of the Month and featured on its World Rowing site. Stanning said "It was brilliant to be back racing with Helen. [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. 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. [61], On 20 November 2015, the World Rowing Federation (FISA) announced that Glover and Stanning had won the award for '2015 World Rowing Female Crew of the Year'. British Rowing is the home of the sport of rowing and the GB Rowing Team. 1st – GB Rowing Team Trials, Eton Dorney, 10–11 March, coxless pair. "[97][98], In the World Rowing Cup II at Lucerne, Switzerland, from 27–29 May, Glover and Stanning won both their heat and their semi-final but were unable to start in the final due to Stanning's sickness. [116][117], In August 2013, fuchsia "Helen Glover" was awarded Certificate 8162 by the American Fuchsia Society. They completed the final in 7 mins 22.82 secs, finishing ahead of Roxana Cogianu and Nicoleta Albu of Romania, and having overhauled the American boat which had led briefly in the early stages. [38][39], On 1 August 2012, Glover and Stanning won the gold medal in the women's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympicss. Meet the Coaches. "[39][45][46], In July at the Henley Royal Regatta she teamed up with Polly Swann, Victoria Meyer-Laker and Frances Houghton to win the Princess Grace Challenge Cup for women's quadruple scull. Pages in category "British rowers" This category contains only the following page. [4][14][15][16][17][18][19][20], Her former PE teacher, Kate Finch, said: "She always had this phenomenal all-round talent, totally committed and totally reliable. [17] Sir David Tanner, British Rowing performance director, said "Nuggets are individuals that you can't always programme. And the 2014 edition is "bigger, better and even more daring than … [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. [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. [112] Then on 16 January 2020 she gave birth to twins (a boy and a girl). [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. She completed the 5-kilometre course in 20 minutes 16 seconds, finishing 14 seconds clear of nearest rival Katherine Grainger. [1][23][24][25][26][27][28], She was fourth at the British Indoor Rowing Championships on 26 October 2008. 1st – GB Rowing Team Senior Trials, Eton-Dorney, coxless pair. When Katherine finally won that elusive Olympic gold at London 2012, it was arguably the most popular Team GB success of the Games Multiple Olympic gold medalist Sir Steve Redgrave said "Glover and Stanning dominate any combination that is put up against them. British Rowing is committed to supporting more women find their potential and the Women’s Development Programme is just part of that commitment. [35], Glover and Stanning finished second in the 2011 World Rowing Championships at Lake Bled, Slovenia, 0.1 seconds behind the winning New Zealand crew of Haigh and Scown, despite both getting a stomach bug when they arrived in Slovenia. Robin Williams started coaching Glover and Stanning in July when they were ranked 16th and 17th in their event, and were also regarded as reserves for the women's eight. 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. [29], In 2009, she won the Bernard Churcher Trophy in the senior single scull at the Henley Women's Regatta.[30]. [1][33][34], In 2011, Glover and Stanning won the coxless pair event at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Eton-Dorney with a time of 7 minutes 15 seconds. 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. This made Glover the first British rower to hold the Olympic, World and European titles simultaneously. [1][36] Their coach Robin Williams described it as "a gold medal performance without getting the gold medal". "[50], In December 2013, Glover and Swann were voted as Team of the Year by the SportsSister organisation; additionally Glover won the 'Readers Choice' vote. … Gold for Glover-Swann, GB Rowing Team men's quad make history – Race reports, "GB rowers' world championship form bodes well for Rio 2016 Olympics", "Sportsister – The sports magazine for women", Women's Eights Head of the River Race, Official Results Archive. [114][115], In August 2012, her Olympic victory was marked by Royal Mail which issued a commemorative postage stamp and painted a post box gold on Quay Street, Penzance (.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}50°06′58″N 5°31′52″W / 50.1161°N 5.5310°W / 50.1161; -5.5310 (Helen Glover, Penzance)). This is the complete list of women's Olympic medalists in rowing. They defeated the silver medallists, Noemie Kober and Marie Le Nepvou of the Netherlands, by over six seconds. Glover, along with husband Steve Backshall is also an ambassador for The Scouts. Having already set a new Olympic record of 6 minutes 57.29 seconds in the heats, they finished the final ahead of Kate Hornsey and Sarah Tait of Australia, and Juliette Haigh and Rebecca Scown of New Zealand. 4 April 2012. I wouldn’t let anyone tell me I couldn’t do anything,".[22]. [101][102][103][104], On 12 August, Glover and Stanning won the Olympic final in Rio de Janeiro. David White Show. Competing as Leander Club and Minerva Bath Rowing Club they completed the final course in 6 minutes 59 seconds. Join Clare, Ashley and Yewande for a 20 minute class on the indoor rowing machine. 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 … American Fuchsia Society. Glover said: "It's good to keep tallying them up and keep it exciting, but we don't go flat out on the start line thinking the aim of the day is to break records." [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. [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. Ranked the number 1 female rower in the world since 2015, she is a two-time Olympic champion, triple World champion, quintuple World Cup champion and triple European champion. Current program Single … [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. In 2015, after retaining their world championship, Stanning said “Thinking back four years we were clear water ahead but lost it on the line. Lightweight Rowing. 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. Interview with Helen Glover – part 1, BBC Radio Cornwall, August 2013, David White Show. [13] She participated in a variety of sports: as a junior she ran cross-country and middle distance track both for Cornwall and internationally for England, winning a junior international gold medal for England in cross-country running; she played tennis for Cornwall; she swam for Cornwall; she captained the Cornish hockey team; and by the age of 14 was part of the England Satellite Squad for hockey. [53], On 19 April 2014, Glover and Heather Stanning, coached by Paul Thompson, won the women's pair at the British rowing trials at Caversham; they took seven minutes 56.08 seconds and finished 1.14 seconds ahead of Polly Swann and Jessica Eddie. [61][62], On 14 February 2015, Glover recorded her first victory in the GB Rowing, single scull, open-weight assessment trial held on the River Witham at Boston, Lincolnshire. Helen Glover MBE (born 17 June 1986) is a British professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. This is Bath. [87][88][89], Glover and Stanning retained their World title at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France, on 5 September. The Warwick Rowing Calendar was founded in 2009 and features top tier nudes of British rowers. Rower Development: Female Athlete Health - British Rowing Plus Almost 50% of exercising women consider their menstrual cycle to have a negative impact on exercise and performance. [6][7], Her father is a retired school teacher (English) turned ice cream vendor.