Britain's most successful female rower — two Olympic gold medals in the coxless pair with Heather Stanning, the first British women to win back-to-back Olympic rowing gold, and remarkable for returning from retirement after having three children to compete at Tokyo 2020.
Britain's most successful female rower — two Olympic gold medals in the coxless pair with Heather Stanning, the first British women to win back-to-back Olympic rowing gold, and remarkable for returning from retirement after having three children to compete at Tokyo 2020. Rowing demands extraordinary physical conditioning, technical precision and the mental strength to sustain maximum effort over a gruelling race distance. Career highlights included Olympic Gold 2012, 2016 (Coxless Pair), World Champion x4, MBE for services to rowing. The dedication required to reach and maintain elite level in rowing is rarely appreciated by outside observers, yet Helen's record speaks precisely to that kind of sustained commitment. Few athletes in rowing combined consistency and peak performance as effectively across the full span of a long and distinguished career.
Olympic Gold 2012, 2016 (Coxless Pair)
Career Honours
- Olympic Gold 2012, 2016 (Coxless Pair)
- World Champion x4
- MBE for services to rowing
- Returned after motherhood