Heather Stanning

Heather Mary Stanning MBE is a British professional rower, a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team, and Royal Artillery officer. Ranked the numberfemale rower in the world since 2015, she is a reigning Olympic champion, double World champion, quadruple World Cup champion and double European champion. As of May 2015 she and her partner Helen Glover are the World, Olympic and European record holders, plus the reigning Olympic, World, World Cup and European champions in the womens coxless pairs, the first British rowers to hold all seven distinctions simultaneously. She is also a British champion in both womens fours and quad sculls.

Stanning was born in Yeovil, Somerset, England, her parents Timothy and Mary were Royal Navy officers. She was educated at Gordonstoun, Scotland, where she was appointed head girl in her final year. Her school yearbook predicted that she would be the first one to win an Olympic gold medal.

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