Helen Glover

Quick Facts

Full Name	Helen Glover
Occupation	Rower
Date Of Birth	Jun 17, 1986(1986-06-17)
Age	38
Birthplace	Truro
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Gemini

Helen Glover Biography

Helen Glover is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on June 17, 1986 in Truro, England, United Kingdom. British Olympic rower, Heather Stanning, won a gold medal at 2012 Olympics. This was the first time in British history that she had done so. She holds Olympic, European and World records for her sport, along with Heather Stanning.

Katherine Grainger also competed for Great Britain as a rower in 2012, winning gold in double sculls. won gold in double sculls in 2012 for Great Britain.

Helen Glover MBE (born 17 June 1986) is a British professional rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. Ranked the number 1 female rower in the world since 2015, she is a two time Olympic champion, triple World champion, quintuple World Cup champion and triple European champion. As of June 2016, she and her partner Heather Stanning were the World, Olympic, World Cup and European record holders, plus the reigning Olympic, World and European champions in the women’s coxless pairs. She has also been a British champion in both women’s fours and quad sculls.

Educated at Heamoor Community Primary School and Humphry Davy School in Penzance, Glover won a sports scholarship to Millfield School in Somerset between 2002 and 2004 due to her running and hockey prowess. She participated in a variety of sports: as a junior she ran cross-country and middle distance track both for Cornwall and internationally for England, winning a junior international gold medal for England in cross-country running; she played tennis for Cornwall; she swam for Cornwall; she captained the Cornish hockey team; and by the age of 14 was part of the England Satellite Squad for Hockey. Her best UK athletic rankings were 23rd for 800 metres, 9th for 1500 metres and 18th for 3000 metres.

Growing up, she was one of five kids. She got engaged to She was one of five children growing up. In 2015, she got engaged to Steve Backshall. They got married in September 2016. She and Backshall welcomed their first child, a son named Logan, in 2018, followed by a pair of twins, Kit and Willow, in 2020. in 2015. In September 2016, they were married. Backshall and Sheri welcomed their first child, Logan, in 2018. They were followed by Kit and Willow in 2020.

Helen Glover Net Worth

Helen Glover is one of the richest Rower from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Helen Glover 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Growing up, she was a talented multi-sport athlete. She excelled in running and hockey. She went to the University of Wales to study exercise science. In 2008, she began rowing competitively.

In recognition of her athletic achievements, she was made a Member of the British Empire in 2013. She also received a Blue Peter Gold badge in 2014.

Her father is a retired school teacher (English) turned ice cream vendor. ‘Jelbert’s Ices’ of Newlyn was started by Glover’s great grandfather. He was an all-round sportsman who played tennis at Junior Wimbledon, played football for Penzance ‘Magpies’ FC and captained the Penzance Pirates rugby team. He also captained the University of Oxford in both the 1960 Varsity Match and against South Africa;he made 199 appearances for Bristol; played for ‘Devon & Cornwall’ against the ‘All Blacks’; played for the Barbarians; and captained Cornwall in the County Championship whilst winning 41 caps.

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Who is Helen Glover Dating?

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In February 2010, Glover gave up her teaching job and lived with no income while focussing exclusively on training for the national team selection trials. In March she rowed with the Reading University eight and finished third at the Women’s Eights Head of the River Race. In April she finished 5th at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials, won a place on the team, gained Lottery funding and was paired with Heather Stanning in the women’s coxless pair. In May at the World Rowing Cup in Bled they finished 9th, and in June they finished 5th at Munich, but were unable to race at Lucerne in July due to Glover’s illness.

Facts & Trivia

Helen Ranked on the list of most popular Rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Helen Glover celebrates birthday on June 17 of every year.

In 2011, Glover and Stanning won the coxless pair event at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Eton-Dorney with a time of 7 minutes 15 seconds. They went on to win both the Munich and Lucerne World Rowing Cup regattas, beating the reigning world champions Haigh and Scown of New Zealand. Great Britain did not enter round 2 of the World Cup in Hamburg due to an E. coli outbreak in the area.

How did Helen Glover and Steve backshall meet?

Where did Helen Glover and Steve Backshall meet? The couple met at a Sport Relief event at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park in 2014 , and they’ve clearly bonded over their love for sport and the great outdoors.

Does Steve backshall have a child?

Logan James David Backshall

Is Helen Glover retired?

Glover and Stanning remained undefeated through the entire four-year cycle leading up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and successfully defended their title in Brazil. Glover retired after the Games and had three children but returned to the boat in 2021, partnering Polly Swann.

What age is Helen Glover?

36 years (June 17, 1986)

Where do Steve and Helen Backshall live?

The family live by the Thames in Berkshire but get away as often as they can to Cornwall, where Helen is from.