Victoria Thornley

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Victoria Thornley (born November 30, 1987 in St Asaph , Denbighshire , Wales ) is a British rower .

Athletic career

Thornley was active in equestrian sports as a teenager, and in 2007 she began rowing. In 2009, the 1.92 m tall athlete rowed in the eight that won the title at the U23 World Championships . In 2010 she moved up to the British eighth place in the adult class, and at the World Championships in New Zealand the crew took fourth place. The following year, the eighth won the bronze medal at the World Championships in Bled . At the 2012 Olympic Regatta , the British eighth finished fifth in front of a home crowd.

In 2013, Thornley switched from oar rowing to scull rowing . At the World Championships in 2013 , she finished seventh in the single as the winner in the B final . In 2014 she formed a double scull with Frances Houghton . At the European Championships , the two crossed the finish line in sixth place, but later moved up to fifth place because of a doping disqualification. At the World Championships in Amsterdam , Thornley started again in the single and finished eighth.

In 2015, after a two-year break, the four-time Olympic medalist Katherine Grainger returned to the British national team. At the European Championships in Poznan , Grainger and Thornley won the bronze medal behind the boats from Poland and Lithuania in a double scull. After finishing sixth at the 2015 World Championships and fourth at the 2016 European Championships , Grainger and Thornley also reached the finals at the 2016 Olympic Games . Just under a second behind the Polish Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozłowska and Natalia Madaj , the two British women won the silver medal. It was the fifth Olympic medal for Grainger from Scotland and the first for Thornley from Welsh.

In 2017 Thornley started in one and won the title at the European Championships . At the World Championships, she won the silver medal behind the Swiss Jeannine Gmelin .

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personal data
SURNAME Thornley, Victoria
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1987
PLACE OF BIRTH St Asaph , Denbighshire , Wales