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Glover sets sights on defending Olympic crown in Rio

Olympic champion Helen Glover has admitted that she intends to defend her crown at the Rio 2016 Games.

Glover won gold in the women’s cox...

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List of Olympians in New Year Honours

Knighthood

Ben Ainslie - sailing

Bradley Wiggins - cycling

CBE

Katherine Grainger - rowing

Jessica Ennis - at...

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Copeland hoping to defend title in Rio

Olympic rowing champion Kat Copeland has put plans to retire on hold and confirmed she intends to defend her title at the Rio Games in 2016.

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Grainger enjoying time in limelight

Olympic gold medallist Katherine Grainger believes the performance of Great Britain's female rowers at the London Olympics has finally taken the...

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Rowing blazed a trail for Great Britain team

After Britain won their only gold medal of the 1996 Olympics in rowing, chief coach Jurgen Grobler, Matthew Pinsent and Steve Redgrave were call...

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Medal Record

London 2012
  • 1 Gold
  • 0 Silver
  • 0 Bronze

Biography

Helen Glover has two world silver medals to her name but along with pair partner Heather Stanning, she won gold at all three of World Cup events of the season, the most recent in Munich in June.

As a junior Glover ran cross-country internationally and was part of the England satellite squad for hockey while she has also worked as a PE teacher in Bath.

At the 2012 Olympics in London, Glover won gold in women's pair with partner Heather Stanning.