Victoria Thornley
Rower // Women's Squad
Date of Birth: 30th Nov 1987 (36 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 193cm
Hometown: Wrexham
Olympic silver-medallist Vicky Thornley came through the GB Rowing Team Start programme to establish herself as one of the world's leading scullers.
Vicky Thornley is a former equestrian rider and model who was the first graduate of the Sporting Giants talent identification scheme to win a medal when she struck gold at the 2009 World U23 Championships.
Thornley came through British Rowing’s World Class Start programme, which takes individuals with no prior rowing experience and trains them to become potential Olympic champions.
She went on to race with the women’s eight at London 2012 before winning an Olympic silver medal alongside Katherine Grainger in the women’s double scull after an outstanding performance at Rio 2016.
In 2017, Thornley was crowned European champion in the single scull and later won World Championships silver in the same discipline to cap off a stellar first season in the Tokyo 2020 Olympiad.
After missing most of the 2018 season, Thornley made her return in 2019, becoming GB’s first women’s single sculler to gain an Olympic qualification spot for more than 20 years.
To find out more about Vicky visit her website at www.victoriathornley.com.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
Year | Event | Position | Boat |
---|---|---|---|
2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
4 | W1x |
2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
4 | W1x |
2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
5 | W1x |
2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
1 (FB Final) | W1x |
2018 | World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
4 | W1x |
2018 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
5 | W1x |
2017 | World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
W1x | |
2017 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
5 | W1x |
2017 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
W1x | |
2017 | European Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
W1x | |
2017 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
W1x | |
2016 | Olympic Games Regatta Rio de Janeiro, BRA |
W2x | |
2016 | World Rowing Cup III Poznan, POL |
5 | W2x |
2016 | European Rowing Championships Brandenburg, GER |
4 | W2x |
2015 | World Rowing Championships Aiguebelette, FRA |
6 | W2x |
2015 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
1 (FB Final) | W2x |
2015 | World Rowing Cup II Varese, ITA |
W2x | |
2015 | European Rowing Championships Poznan, POL |
W2x | |
2014 | World Rowing Championships Amsterdam, NED |
2 (FB Final) | W1x |
2014 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
5 | W1x |
2014 | World Rowing Cup II Aiguebelette, FRA |
5 | W2x |
2014 | European Rowing Championships Belgrade, SRB |
5 | W2x |
2013 | World Rowing Championships Chungju, KOR |
1 (FB Final) | W1x |
2013 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
4 (FB Final) | W1x |
2013 | World Rowing Cup II Eton, GBR |
4 | W1x |
2013 | World Rowing Cup I Sydney, AUS |
4 | W8+ |
2012 | Olympic Games London, GBR |
5 | W8+ |
2012 | World Rowing Cup III Munich, GER |
W8+ | |
2012 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
5 | W4x |
2012 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
W4x | |
2011 | World Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
W8+ | |
2011 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
4 | W8+ |
2011 | World Rowing Cup I Munich, GER |
3 (FB Final) | W1x |
2010 | World Rowing Championships Karapiro, NZL |
4 | W8+ |
2010 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
W8+ | |
2010 | World Rowing Cup II Munich, GER |
W8+ | |
2010 | World Rowing Cup I Bled, SLO |
W8+ | |
2009 | Under 23 World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
BW8+ |
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Position:
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- Olympic Games Regatta
Rio de Janeiro, BRA - Position:
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Poznan, POL - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Brandenburg, GER - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Aiguebelette, FRA - Position:
- 6
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA - Position:
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Poznan, POL - Position:
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Amsterdam, NED - Position:
- 2 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Aiguebelette, FRA - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Chungju, KOR - Position:
- 1 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 4 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Eton, GBR - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Sydney, AUS - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- Olympic Games
London, GBR - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 5
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2012
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Position:
- Boat:
- W4x
- Year:
- 2011
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2011
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2011
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Munich, GER - Position:
- 3 (FB Final)
- Boat:
- W1x
- Year:
- 2010
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Karapiro, NZL - Position:
- 4
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2010
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2010
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Munich, GER - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2010
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Bled, SLO - Position:
- Boat:
- W8+
- Year:
- 2009
- Event:
- Under 23 World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Position:
- Boat:
- BW8+
Beyond the Boat
Vicky is a recently qualified Health Coach and a qualified Personal Trainer; she is passionate about health, fitness and well-being. She describes herself as very family orientated as well as being a big food lover.