(1988-06-05) 5 June 1988 (age 35) Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Height
1.86 m (6.1 ft)[1]
Sport
Country
Great Britain
Sport
Rowing
Partner(s)
Jo Cook, 2012 Helen Glover 2013–2014 and 2020-2021
Coached by
Robin Williams, 2013, 2014
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
W8+
World Championships
2013 Chungju, Korea
W2-
World Rowing Cup
2013 Sydney
W2-
2013 Eton Dorney
W2-
2013 Lucerne Rotsee
W2-
European Championships
2014 Belgrade
W2−
2021 Varese
W2−
European University Championships
2009
Coxless pair
2009
Women's 8
Amsterdam International Regatta
2010 Amsterdam
u23 Quad
Polly Swann (born 5 June 1988) is a British rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team.[1][2] She is a former World and European champion in the women's coxless pairs, having won the 2013 World Rowing Championships at Chungju in Korea, and the 2014 European Rowing Championships at Belgrade, Serbia with her partner Helen Glover. At the 2016 Summer Olympics she won a silver medal in the women's eight.
In the 2020 coronavirus pandemic she took a break from rowing to work as a doctor at St John's Hospital, Livingston.[3]
In 2021 she regained the European Coxless Pair title in Varese, Italy, with Helen Glover. She and Glover finished fourth in the Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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