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Full name | Victoria Elizabeth Horner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Vicky" | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | Newcastle upon Tyne, England | 11 May 1976|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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. [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]