Polly Swann

Polly Swann
Personal information
Full namePolly Ann M. Swann
NationalityBritish
Born (1988-06-05) 5 June 1988
Height1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Sport
Country Great Britain
SportRowing
Event
Coxless 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 Janeiro W8+
World Championships
2013 Chungju, Korea W2-
World Rowing Cup
2013 Sydney W2-
2013 Eton Dorney W2-
2013 Lucerne Rotsee W2-
European Championships
2014 Belgrade W2−
2021 Varese W2−
European University Championships
2009 Coxless pair
2009 Women's 8
Amsterdam International Regatta
2010 Amsterdam u23 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.