Helen Glover (rower), Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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British rower
Date of Birth: 17-Jun-1986
Place of Birth: Truro, England, United Kingdom
Profession: rower
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Gemini 
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About Helen Glover (rower)
- 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.At the 2012 Summer Olympics, in partnership with Heather Stanning, she set the Olympic record and won the gold medal in the women's coxless pairs, the inaugural gold medal won by Team GB in 2012 and the first Olympic gold medal for British women's rowing.
- At the 2013 World Rowing Championships in South Korea, she became the world champion with her partner Polly Swann, with whom she also won the 2014 European Rowing Championships at Belgrade and thus became the first woman to hold the Olympic, World and European titles for the coxless pair. She retained her world title and set the world record time in partnership with Heather Stanning at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.
- They retained their world title at the 2015 World Rowing Championships in Lac d'Aiguebelette, France.
- In 2016, they retained their European title at Brandenburg an der Havel, set the World Rowing Cup record time at Poznan and again won gold in the Olympics. She won the BBC Olympic Superstars game show.
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