Helen Glover (rower)

Helen Glover
MBE

Glover showing her gold medal from the 2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Helen Rachel Mary Glover
Nationality	British
Born	(1986-06-17) 17 June 1986 (age 30) Truro, Cornwall, England, UK
Residence	Buckinghamshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	70 kg (154.32 lb)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Rowing
Turned pro	2010
Partner	Heather Stanning 2010–12, 2014- Polly Swann 2013-2014
Coached by	Paul Stannard 2008–10 Robin Williams 2010–13, 2014 Paul Thompson 2014
Achievements and titles
World finals	Champion (W2-) 2013, 2014, 2015
Olympic finals	Champion (W2-) 2012, 2016
Highest world ranking	World #1 female in 2014
Personal best(s)	6:50.61 at 2014 World Rowing Championships (WR)
Medal record Women's Rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2012 London W2- 2016 Rio de Janeiro W2- World Championships 2013 Chungju W2- 2014 Amsterdam W2− 2015 Aiguebelette W2– 2010 Karapiro W2- 2011 Lake Bled W2- 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 Belgrade W2− 2015 Poznan W2− 2016 Brandenburg an der Havel W2−

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 since 2015, she is a two time Olympic champion, triple World champion, quintuple World Cup champion and triple European champion. As of June 2016, she and her partner Heather Stanning are the World, Olympic, World Cup and European record holders, plus the reigning Olympic, World and European champions in the women's coxless pairs. She has also been a British champion in both women's fours and quad sculls.

At the 2012 Olympic Games, in partnership with Heather Stanning, she set the Olympic record and won the gold medal in the women's coxless pairs, the first gold medal won by Team GB at the 2012 Games and the first Olympic gold medal for British women's rowing. 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, and 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 in the Olympics.

She is the reigning women's champion of the BBC's Olympic Superstars.

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