Polly Swann
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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5 June 1988 Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
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| Height | 1.86 m (6.1 ft) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United Kingdom
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Partner | Jo Cook, 2012 Helen Glover 2013–2014 |
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| Coached by | Robin Williams, 2013, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Polly Swann (born 5 June 1988) is a British rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. She is a former World and European champion in the women's coxless pairs, having won the 2013 World Rowing Championships at Chungju in Korea, and the 2014 European Rowing Championships at Belgrade, Serbia with her partner Helen Glover.
Polly Swann is the elder of two children born to Sally and David Swann, a doctor. She was born in Lancaster, England, but when she was three weeks old the family moved to Edinburgh, Scotland where she was raised and educated. She attended George Heriot's School where, at the age of 14, she started rowing on the Union Canal. She went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh until taking a sabbatical in 2010 to concentrate on rowing. As of 2013 she is also studying for a degree in global health policy at the University of London.
At the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Championships Swann won a gold medal in the women's pair and a silver medal in the women's eight.
At the Home International Regatta held at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, England, she won gold medals in both the women's pair and the women's eight.
In 2010 she rowed in the quadruple sculls at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest, Belarus and finished fourth. This success gave her the impetus to take a sabbatical from her University Medical Degree course, to move to Henley and concentrate full-time on rowing.
She won gold in the 'Under 23 quadruple sculls' at Amsterdam International Regatta in June.
At the Henley Women's Regatta in June she won the Avril Vellacott Cup for Elite Coxless Fours.
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