Sophie Hosking
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women's Rowing | ||
Competitor for  Great Britain
| ||
| Olympic Games | ||
| Gold | 2012 London | LW2x |
| World Rowing Championships | ||
| Silver | 2007 Munich | LW4x |
| Bronze | 2006 Eton | LW4x |
| Bronze | 2009 Poznań | LW2x |
| Bronze | 2011 Bled | LW2x |
Sophie Hannah Marguerite Hosking MBE (born 25 January 1986) is a retired British rower. A fixture in British lightweight sculling since 2007, Hosking won a surprise gold medal for Great Britain in the 2012 Olympics lightweight double sculls, along with Kat Copeland.[1] Hosking and Copeland's success was the second of six gold medals won by Great Britain on the middle Saturday of the 2012 Games, on what became known in the United Kingdom as Super Saturday.
Personal life
She studied at Kingston Grammar School in London, Durham University (Chemistry and Physics), graduating in 2007.[2]
She is a member of the London Rowing Club in Putney.[3]
Hosking was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[4][5]
Following her retirement from competitive rowing, Hosking embarked on her new career, training as a solicitor.
See also
- 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom
References
- ↑ "Olympics rowing: Sophie Hosking & Katherine Copeland win gold". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Hosking, Sophie. "Team GB Rowing Biographies". Retrieved 4 August 2012.
- ↑ Sophie Hosking through to lightweight double sculls final (From Wandsworth Guardian)
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 60367. p. 25. 29 December 2012.
- ↑ "London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Honours" (PDF). Cabinet Office.
External links
- Sophie Hosking at the International Rowing Federation
- Entry at britishrowing.org