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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.
In February 2023, Brayshaw won the openweight women's single (W1X) category of GB Rowing open senior trials [9] in Boston Lincolnshire. As a result she was ranked no.1 senior women's team at this time. Georgina currently holds the world record for the 5 km distance on the RP3 rowing machine [10] (Female, Open Category, Open Weight)
Lucy Glover (born 25 November 1998) is a British rower. [2] In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the quadruple sculls in Varese , Italy. [ 3 ] She has been selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics .
She won gold in the Great Britain women's four at the 2021 World Rowing U23 Championships in Račice, Czechia. [7] She made her debut in a senior British vest at the World Cup regatta in Italy in April 2024, winning silver in the four and the eight. [8] She was a silver medalist at the 2024 European Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary. [9]
The same year she was the cox for the British crew that won the bronze medal in the women's eight at the 1997 World Championships. [6] She was selected to cox the university's reserve crew for a second time in 1998. [7] Longstaff was the Headmistress of Putney High School from 2015 to 2023. [1]
She is a member of Leander Club, [6] and was formerly part of British Rowing's Performance Development Academy (PDA), based at the Team Bath Sports Training Village. [7]In November 2023 she had to undergo surgery for compartment syndrome in her forearms, and missed part of the rowing season. [8]
On 14 March 2006, she finished the Atlantic Rowing Race as the only solo female competitor, taking 103 days to complete the crossing. This she did unsupported, despite breaking all four of her oars and having to row with patched-up oars for more than half the race.
Heather Mary Stanning (born 26 January 1985) is a retired British professional rower. As a member of the Great Britain rowing team, she is a double Olympic champion, double World champion, quadruple World Cup champion and double European champion. She has also been a British champion in both women's fours and quad sculls. [2]