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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.
Her mother Rachel Stewart played netball for Wales and competed in the finals of the British Junior Dressage Championships. [11] Her grandmother Pat Stewart, was from Yorkshire, and also known as the ex Tiller girl, ‘the Blackpool belle’, was a dancer and model whose photograph taken by Bert Hardy for the magazine Picture Post and became a hugely popular image, described as "a carefree ...
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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]
Helen Glover admits she’s adapting to having less sway in her boat as she steps into the world champion women’s four at the European Championships.. The 36-year-old mum of three won two ...
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 British team to compete in the rowing events, in the eight for the 2020 Summer Olympics. [ 3 ] [ 1 ] Edwards was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2023 Birthday Honours for services to rowing.