Vicky Horner | |
Fullname: | Victoria Elizabeth Horner |
Nicknames: | "Vicky" |
Strokes: | Freestyle |
Club: | Derwentside ASC |
Birth Date: | 11 May 1976 |
Birth Place: | Newcastle upon Tyne, England |
Height: | 1.7m (05.6feet) |
Weight: | 67kg (148lb) |
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Victoria Elizabeth Horner (born 11 May 1976) is a female English former competitive swimmer.
She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships. She won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1995 European Aquatics Championships. Her team finished 10th in the same event at the 1996 Summer Olympics. She also won a silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998. She represented England at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada[1] [2] and won a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the 400-metre freestyle.[3]
She is a three-times winner of the British Championship in 400-metre freestyle (1997, 1998 and 2000).[4] [5] [6]
Her husband, Rob Hayles, is a retired Olympic sprint cyclist. They have a daughter, born 23 January 2006.[7]