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| accessdate=1 August 2012 }}</ref> (born 26 January 1985) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] rower and [[Royal Artillery]] officer who won a gold medal for [[Great Britain]] in the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref name="espn" /> |
| accessdate=1 August 2012 }}</ref> (born 26 January 1985) is a [[United Kingdom|British]] rower and [[Royal Artillery]] officer who won a gold medal for [[Great Britain]] in the [[2012 Olympics]].<ref name="espn" /> |
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==Early life== |
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| ⚫ | Stanning was born in [[Yeovil]], [[Somerset]], [[England]],<ref name="findmypast"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Helen-Glover-Heather-Stanning-win-London-2012/story-16625780-detail/story.html |title=Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win London 2012 rowing gold medal |publisher=ThisisSomerset.co.uk |date=1 August 2012 }}</ref> and educated at [[Gordonstoun]], [[Scotland]]. Studying sports technology at [[Bath University]], England,<ref name=GuardProfile>{{cite news| last=Davies| first=Lizzy | title=Helen Glover and Heather Stanning profiles: Team GB's gold medal winners | url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2012/aug/01/profiles-helen-glover-heather-stanning?newsfeed=true | accessdate=1 August 2012 | newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=1 August 2012}}</ref> she started rowing in 2006 under the [[Team GB]] Start Programme.<ref name=GuardProfile/> |
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==Career== |
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After [[Helen Glover (rower)|Helen Glover]] gained Lottery funding to enable her to give up her teaching job, she was paired with Stanning by coach Robin Williams. The pair then gave a breakthrough performance in the women's [[coxless pairs]]. For the 2010 World Cup Series, Glover and Stanning won a silver medal at the 2010 [[World Rowing Championships]], took 9th place in [[Bled]], 5th in [[Munich]], but were unable to race at [[Lucerne]] due to Glover's illness. |
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Stanning was born in [[Yeovil]], [[Somerset]], [[England]],<ref name="findmypast"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thisissomerset.co.uk/Helen-Glover-Heather-Stanning-win-London-2012/story-16625780-detail/story.html |title=Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win London 2012 rowing gold medal |publisher=ThisisSomerset.co.uk |date=1 August 2012 }}</ref> and educated at [[Gordonstoun]], [[Scotland]]. |
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In 2011, Glover and Stanning won the British rowing trials. They then went on to become World cup winners, winning in both Munich and Lucerne regattas (beating the 2010 world champions in the process) and achieved a further silver medal in the 2011 World Championships in Bled, [[Slovenia]]. |
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| ⚫ | Studying sports technology at [[Bath University]], England,<ref name= |
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| ⚫ | On 1 August 2012 Glover and Stanning won the gold medal for the [[Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's coxless pair|women's coxless pairs]] at the [[2012 Summer Olympic Games]].<ref name="espn"/><ref name="bbc"/> This was [[Team GB]]'s first gold medal of London 2012, and a first ever Olympic gold medal for British women's rowing.<ref name="espn">{{cite news | title=Brilliant Glover and Stanning claim gold for GB | url= http://www.espn.co.uk/london-olympics-2012/sport/story/163094.html | work=[[ESPN]] | date=1 August 2012}}</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news | title=Helen Glover & Heather Stanning enter Olympics history | first=Lawrence | last=Barrett |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/19071987 | publisher=[[BBC]] | date=1 August 2012}}</ref> |
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Stanning has stated that she intends to report back to Larkhill garrison in September 2012, and resume her British Army career.<ref name=GuardProfile/> |
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Heather Mary Stanning[1] (born 26 January 1985) is a British rower and Royal Artillery officer who won a gold medal for Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics.[2]
Early life
Stanning was born in Yeovil, Somerset, England,[1][3] and educated at Gordonstoun, Scotland. Studying sports technology at Bath University, England,[4] she started rowing in 2006 under the Team GB Start Programme.[4]
Career
Stanning was commissioned from Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst into the Royal Artillery in August 2008,[5] based at Larkhill Garrison on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire.
After Helen Glover gained Lottery funding to enable her to give up her teaching job, she was paired with Stanning by coach Robin Williams. The pair then gave a breakthrough performance in the women's coxless pairs. For the 2010 World Cup Series, Glover and Stanning won a silver medal at the 2010 World Rowing Championships, took 9th place in Bled, 5th in Munich, but were unable to race at Lucerne due to Glover's illness.
In 2011, Glover and Stanning won the British rowing trials. They then went on to become World cup winners, winning in both Munich and Lucerne regattas (beating the 2010 world champions in the process) and achieved a further silver medal in the 2011 World Championships in Bled, Slovenia.
On 1 August 2012 Glover and Stanning won the gold medal for the women's coxless pairs at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games.[2][6] This was Team GB's first gold medal of London 2012, and a first ever Olympic gold medal for British women's rowing.[2][6]
Stanning has stated that she intends to report back to Larkhill garrison in September 2012, and resume her British Army career.[4]
References
- ^ a b "Search 1984 to 2006 – Birth, Marriage and Death indexes". Findmypast.com. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ a b c "Brilliant Glover and Stanning claim gold for GB". ESPN. 1 August 2012.
- ^ "Helen Glover and Heather Stanning win London 2012 rowing gold medal". ThisisSomerset.co.uk. 1 August 2012.
- ^ a b c Davies, Lizzy (1 August 2012). "Helen Glover and Heather Stanning profiles: Team GB's gold medal winners". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
guprofilewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Barrett, Lawrence (1 August 2012). "Helen Glover & Heather Stanning enter Olympics history". BBC.
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