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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.
Romero has won world championships in both cycling and rowing; as a rower, she won a silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics in the quadruple sculls, and the following year was part of the British crew that won the 2005 World Championships in the quad sculls. Suffering from a persistent back injury, Romero retired from rowing in 2006. [6]
Douglas was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships. [ 3 ] She was selected for the British team to compete in the rowing events , in the eight for the 2020 Summer Olympics .
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)
Shorten won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships. [2]In 2021, she won a European bronze medal in the coxless four in Varese, Italy. [3]She was selected for the British team to compete in the rowing events, in the coxless four for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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.
She was selected for the 2020 Summer Olympics, followed by a bronze medal at the 2023 European Rowing Championships. [ 4 ] At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the World Championship gold medal in the Quadruple sculls with Lauren Henry , Georgina Brayshaw and Lola Anderson . [ 5 ]
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 .