Heather Stanning is a retired British rower and army officer who won Olympic gold in the women's coxless pair with Helen Glover at London in 2012 and again at Rio de Janeiro in 2016. Born in Yeovil and educated at Gordonstoun, she studied sports technology at the University of Bath, took up rowing in 2006 through the Team GB Start Programme and went through Sandhurst before serving in the Royal Artillery, where she holds the rank of major. She was a double world champion and double European champion, set the world record time with Glover at Amsterdam in 2014, and retired from rowing in November 2016 as the top ranked woman in the world.
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is a retired British professional rower
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Born 26 January 1985 in Yeovil
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is a retired British professional rower
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is a retired British professional rower
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Paired with Helen Glover in 2012, she won an Olympic gold medal
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