Victoria Elizabeth Horner (born 11 May 1976) is a female English former competitive swimmer.
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Full name | Victoria Elizabeth Horner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | "Vicky" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | (1976-05-11) 11 May 1976 (age 46) Newcastle upon Tyne, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Derwentside ASC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[1] She also won a silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle at the European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998.[2] She represented England, at the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada [3][4] and won a silver medal at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in the 400 metres freestyle.[5]
She is a three times winner of the British Championship in 400 metres freestyle (1997, 1998 and 2000).[6][7][8]
Her husband, Rob Hayles, is a retired Olympic sprint cyclist.[1] They have a daughter, born 23 January 2006.[9]