Frances Houghton

Frances Houghton

Houghton in the Quadruple scull at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Frances Julia P. Houghton
Nationality	British
Born	(1980-09-19) 19 September 1980 (age 36) Oxford, England
Alma mater	King's College London
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Sport
Country	United Kingdom
Sport	Rowing
Partner	Debbie Flood – 1998, 1999 Sarah Winckless – 2000 Debbie Flood – 2001,2002 Winckless, Mowbray, Laverick – 2003 Mowbray, Flood, Romero – 2004 Romero, Winckless, Grainger – 2005 Flood, Winckless, Grainger – 2006 Grainger, Flood, Vernon – 2007, 2008 Flood, Rodford, Vernon – 2010 Wilson, Flood, Rodford – 2012 Victoria Meyer-Laker – 2013
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2004 Athens Quad scull 2008 Beijing Quad scull 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight World Rowing Championships 2005 Gifu Quad scull 2006 Eton Quad scull 2007 Munich Quad scull 2010 Karapiro Quad scull Nations Cup 1999 Hamburg W2x World Junior Indoor Championships 1999 Boston Ergo British Junior Indoor Championships 1998 Birmingham Ergo
Updated on 16 August 2013.

Frances Julia P. Houghton (born 19 September 1980) is an English professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. She has been World Champion in the Quadruple scull on four occasions and won Silver Medals at the 2004, 2008 and 2016 Olympic Games.

Houghton was born in Oxford, and started her rowing at the Dragon School, before moving on to The King's School, Canterbury. She then graduated from King's College London in 2003 with a BA in Hispanic Studies, having taken a sabbatical to prepare for the Olympic Games in Sydney.

As of 2013 Houghton is the longest serving member of the British Rowing Team, having first made the Junior team in 1995. She finished fourth in the quadruple scull in her first World Rowing Junior Championships in 1996 at Strathclyde Country Park when she was 15.

Houghton won Britain's first ever Junior women's sculling medal along with partner Debbie Flood, a Bronze Medal at the 1998 World Junior championships in the Double sculls at Ottensheim, Austria

In November she won the junior title at the British Indoor Rowing Championships, where she set a new junior British record. She was also the first Junior girl to break both the 7-minute and 6-minute 50 seconds barriers on the ergometer.

In 1999 Houghton and Flood won Gold in the Double sculls at the World Under 23 Championships, Britain's first sculling medal at this level.