Polly Swann

Polly Swann
Personal information
Full namePolly Ann M. Swann
NationalityBritish
Born (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988
Lancaster, Lancashire, England
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportRowing
EventCoxless pair
ClubLeander Club
Partner(s)Jo Cook (2012)
Helen Glover (2013–2014, 2020-2021)
Coached byRobin Williams (2013–2014)
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroW8+
World Championships
2013 Chungju, KoreaW2-
World Rowing Cup
2013 SydneyW2-
2013 Eton DorneyW2-
2013 Lucerne RotseeW2-
European Championships
2014 BelgradeW2−
2021 VareseW2−
European University Championships
2009Coxless pair
2009Women's 8
Amsterdam International Regatta
2010 Amsterdamu23 Quad

Polly Ann M. Swann (born 5 June 1988) is a British rower and a member of the Great Britain Rowing Team. 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.

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.