Rowers Victoria Thornley and Katherine Grainger race in the women's double scull this summer after being added to the rowing squad for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Grainger is Team GB’s most decorated female Olympian with three silver medals from Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 and gold from London 2012 to her name. She will be competing in her fifth Olympic Games in Rio and is the defending Olympic Champion In the double scull.
Thornley raced in the women’s eight in London on her debut Games. This crew qualified for the Olympic final and finished fifth overall. Thornley was also a World bronze medallist in the eight in 2011 and a European bronze medallist, with Grainger, in the double scull in 2015.
This season the crew have reached the final of both the European Championships and the most recent World Cup in Poznan, Poland.
Earlier this week Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes were confirmed as the men’s pair and Sam Scrimgeour was named as the lightweight men’s spare. These two recent selections now bring the tally of named rowers to 46 from 47 places.
The selected athletes are:
Men’s Four
Alex Gregory
Mohammed Sbihi
George Nash
Constantine Louloudis
Men’s Single
Alan Campbell
Men’s Double
Jonathan Walton
John Collins
Men’s Quad
Peter Lambert
Sam Townsend
Angus Groom
Graeme Thomas
Men’s Pair
Alan Sinclair
Stewart Innes
Eight, 2 Spares from:
Paul Bennett
Scott Durant
Matt Gotrel
Andrew T Hodge
Matt Langridge
Tom Ransley
Pete Reed
Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell
William Satch
Matthew Tarrant
Cox of Men’s Eight
Phelan Hill
Women’s Pair
Helen Glover
Heather Stanning
Women’s Eight
Katie Greves
Melanie Wilson
Frances Houghton
Polly Swann
Jessica Eddie
Olivia Carnegie-Brown
Karen Bennett
Zoe Lee
Cox of Women’s Eight
Zoe de Toledo
Women’s double
Victoria Thornley
Katheirne Grainger
Men’s Lightweight Four
Chris Bartley
Mark Aldred
Jono Clegg
Peter Chambers
Men’s Lightweight Double Scull
Will Fletcher
Richard Chambers
Women’s Lightweight Double Scull
Charlotte Taylor
Katherine Copeland
Lighweight men’s spare
Sam Scrimgeour