Club: Leander Club
Boat: Women's Sweep Squad
During the 2011 World Cup Series Vicky raced in the women's
single scull in Munich finishing 9th. In Lucerne she moved
into the women's eight finishing 4th.
At the 2011 GB Rowing Team Senior Trials held on 16-17 April at
Eton/Dorney, Victoria finished 6th in the women's single scull.
At the 2010 World Rowing Championships on New Zealand's Lake
Karapiro, Vicky and her crewmates in the women's eight finished
4th.
For the 2010 World Cup Series Vicky raced in the women's eight,
winning gold in Bled, silver in Munich and bronze in Lucerne.
This was a promising season for the women's eight who had
shown consistency throughout the World Cup series.
She is GB's first "Sporting Giant" to win a medal. She
joined the GB Rowing Team's Start Programme in November 2007 and
has made rapid progress in rowing since then.
Vicky gained her first GB vest in 2009 and, in an outstanding
debut, won gold in the women's eight at the 2009 World U23
Championships in Racice - GB's first ever gold in this class.
Vicky was previously a semi professional show jumper
and also did some modelling in her gap year in 2006. She
is now studying for a Diploma in Sporting Excellence and is a
qualified fitness instructor and personal trainer.
Competing as part of the women's eight at the London 2012
Olympic Games, she came home fifth in the final.