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Helen Rachel Mary Backshall (née Glover; born 17 June 1986) is a British professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. [1] 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 quintuple European champion.
not included in the Olympic program. 2020 Tokyo details Australia (AUS) Lucy Stephan Rosemary Popa Jessica Morrison Annabelle McIntyre Netherlands (NED) Ellen Hogerwerf Karolien Florijn Ymkje Clevering Veronique Meester Ireland (IRL) Aifric Keogh Eimear Lambe Fiona Murtagh Emily Hegarty: 2024 Paris details Netherlands (NED) Marloes Oldenburg ...
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Lola Anderson (born 16 April 1998) is a world champion and Olympic gold medal-winning British rower. [1] She was inspired to take up the sport as a teenager while watching Great Britain win four rowing golds at the 2012 London Summer Olympics, encouraged by her father, Don, a former university rower.
Anna Rose Watkins (née Bebington, born 13 February 1983) is a British rower. A double Olympian, Watkins won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, both in the double sculls. She has also won four medals in the World Championships, winning gold in successive years, in 2010 and in 2011.
At the 2022 World Cup III regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, she won gold and set a new world's best time in women's lightweight singles of 7:23.36. [ 5 ] She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships [ 6 ] and the 2022 World Rowing Championships .
Craig then retained her titles at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled and the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade. [9] Alongside rowing partner Imogen Grant, Craig suffered disappointment at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, [10] finishing half a second behind the gold medal crew and missing out on a medal by 0.01 seconds.
Dame Katherine Jane Grainger (born 12 November 1975) is a Scottish former rower and current Chair of UK Sport.She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion for Great Britain. [4]