Helen Glover named in Team GB's rowing squad for Paris
The Cornwall-born athlete is one of forty-two rowers selected across ten boats to represent the team
Last updated 5th Jun 2024
Double Olympic champion Helen Glover, from Cornwall, has been named in Team GB's rowing squad for Paris this summer.
The British Olympic Association (BOA) today announced the forty-two rowers who have been selected, across ten boats, to represent Team GB at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Of the 23 women and 19 men, 50% are making their Olympic debut and 50% are returning Olympians. These include double Olympic Champion Helen Glover, Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Tom Barras and Team GB’s only brother and sister, Tom & Emily Ford.
Glover trained in the south west, born in Truro and winning a sports scholarship to Millfield in Somerset.
She then studied at the then University of Wales Institute in Cardiff, then University College Plymouth where she got her PGCE and taught in Bath while taking part in the GB Rowing Team's Start programme at Minerva Rowing Club.
Helen Glover previously told us: "There's a lot of long miles but I'm getting as strong and as fit as possible right now."
Glover added: "I'm really grateful for all the support that I've always had from Cornwall all the times I've gone to the Olympics I've felt I really want to represent Cornwall because it's a huge part of me."
Other rowers in the south west who'll be representing Team GB include Jacob Dawson from Leander Club and Plymouth ARC, Chloe Brew from Leander Club and Plymouth ARC and Becky Wilde from Leander Club and Bath University BC.