Polly Swann
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Born | Helen Glover 2013–2014 and 2020-2021 | 5 June 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coached by | Robin Williams, 2013, 2014 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Polly Swann (born 5 June 1988) is a British
In the 2020
In 2021 she regained the European Coxless Pair title in Varese, Italy, with Helen Glover. She and Glover finished fourth in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
Early life
Polly Swann is the elder of two children born to Sally and David Swann, a doctor. She was born in Lancaster, England, but when she was three weeks old the family moved to Edinburgh, Scotland, where she was raised and educated. She attended George Heriot's School where, at the age of 14, she started rowing on the Union Canal. She went on to study medicine at the University of Edinburgh until taking a sabbatical in 2010 to concentrate on rowing. In 2013 she studied for a degree in global health policy at the University of London.[1][4][5]
Career
2009
At the European University Sports Association (EUSA) Championships Swann won a gold medal in the women's pair and a silver medal in the women's eight.[1]
She represented Scotland at the Home International Regatta held at Holme Pierrepont National Watersports Centre, England, winning gold medals in both the women's pair and the women's eight.[1]
2010
In 2010, she rowed in the quadruple sculls at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest, Belarus and finished fourth.[1][2] This success gave her the impetus to take a sabbatical from her University Medical Degree course, to move to Henley and concentrate full-time on rowing.[5]
She won gold in the 'Under 23 quadruple sculls' at Amsterdam International Regatta in June.[1]
At the Henley Women's Regatta in June she won the Avril Vellacott Cup for Elite Coxless Fours.[1]
She was a member of the Scotland Team for the Commonwealth Rowing Championships in Welland, Canada.[6]
2011
Swann was a member of the women's eight at the 2011 European Rowing Championships at Plovdiv, Bulgaria, where they finished fourth.[1][2]
At the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Eton/Dorney, Swann was teamed with Monica Relph in the women's coxless pair and finished fifth.[1]
At the Henley Royal Regatta she reached the final of the Remenham Challenge Cup, where the GB Senior Women's eight were defeated by Princeton Training Center, U.S.A.[1][7]
2012
Swann and Jo Cook finished fourth in the women's pairs at the GB Rowing Team Senior Trials at Eton Dorney in March.[1] Back injury contributed to her missing selection for the Olympics rowing team.[4][8]
2013
Teamed with
In July 2013, at the Henley Royal Regatta she teamed up with Victoria Meyer-Laker, Frances Houghton and Helen Glover to win the Princess Grace Challenge Cup for women's quadruple scull. Competing as Leander Club and Minerva Bath Rowing Club they completed the final course in 6 minutes 59 seconds.[11]
On 31 August, teamed with Helen Glover in the women's coxless pair, she became the world champion at the
In December 2013 Glover and Swann were voted as 'Team of the Year' by the SportsSister organisation, additionally Glover won the 'Readers Choice' vote. Glover and Swann also received the chairman's award from the Sports Journalists' Association (SJA).[14][15]
2014
On 19 April 2014 Swann was teamed with
2016
She won a silver medal in the women's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[22]
2019
Having taken time away from rowing to complete her medical studies at the
At the
2020
During the
2021
At the
In June 2021, Glover and Swann were named as the women's pair for the
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m British Rowing – Profile of Polly Swann
- ^ a b c d Polly Swann at World Rowing
- ^ a b BBC, 22 July 2021, by Thomas Duncan, Sport, Polly Swann: Olympic rower on working the wards, training in her shed & unfinished business
- ^ a b The Herald, Scotland. Sunday Herald. 16 June 2013, Polly's pulling power by Susan Swarbrick
- ^ a b The Herald, Scotland. 25 May 2012, Swann takes to the water in quest for gold, by Richard Winton
- ^ "CRC Results" (PDF). row2k.com. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ Henley Royal Regatta, 2011 results – Remenham Challenge Cup
- ^ BBC, Sport, Rowing, 28 June 2013, Polly Swann: Helen Glover's partner uncertain of boat for Rio
- ^ Quarrell, Rachel (24 March 2013). "Golden day for Britain's Olympic rowing champions on waters of Sydney". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ "World Rowing Cup: GB's Helen Glover & Polly Swann win gold". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ Henley Royal Regatta, Official results, 2013 Archived 22 November 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ World Rowing. 2013 World Championships at Chungju, Korea
- ^ British Rowing. 31 August 2013. Gold for Glover-Swann, GB Rowing Team men's quad make history – Race reports Archived 28 September 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Sportsister
- ^ Sports Journalists Association
- ^ BBC, Sport – Rowing. 19 April 2014. Heather Stanning & Helen Glover reunite to win British rowing trials By Lawrence Barretto
- ^ British Rowing. 19 April 2014. Trio of Olympic Champions amongst six title winners at GB Rowing Team Trials Archived 21 April 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBC Sport, 14 May 2014, Heather Stanning backed for quick return despite European absence, By Lawrence Barretto
- ^ GB Rowing, 1 June 2014, European Championships – Men's four and women's pair stand out in Serbia Archived 6 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBC Olympic Sports- Rowing. 1 June 2014 European Rowing Championships 2014: Great Britain win two golds
- ^ World Rowing.com, 1 June 2014. European Championships – A European Champs of Best Times Archived 1 June 2014 at archive.today
- ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain eight win historic medal". BBC Sport. 13 August 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2016.
- ^ "Polly Swann: Rower back in GB team for first time since Rio silver medal". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 June 2019.
- ^ "World Rowing Championships: Polly Swann 'saw some dark places' on her way to GB return". BBC Sport. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
- ^ "Women's Pair Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "British Olympic Association selects Olympic rowing team for Tokyo 2020". British Rowing. 9 June 2021.
- ^ Helen Glover insists ‘more to come’ after historic appearance in rowing pairs, The Guardian, 24 July 2021
- ^ World Rowing. 2020 Olympic Games Regatta. Wednesday 28 July Results
- ^ The Guardian, 29 July 2021, Sport, No fairytale finish but Helen Glover focuses on reward of giving her all, by Andy Bull