Victoria Elizabeth Horner (born 11 May 1976) is a female English former competitive

swimmer Swimming is an individual or team racing sport that requires the use of one's entire body to move through water. The sport takes place in pools or open water (e.g., in a sea or lake). Competitive swimming is one of the most popular Olympic ...

Swimming career

She represented Great Britain in the Olympic Games and European championships. She won a bronze medal in the 4×200-metre

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relay at the

1995 European Aquatics Championships The 1995 European LC Championships in Aquatic sports, aquatics were staged in Vienna, Austria from 22–27 August. The competition, organised by the Ligue Européenne de Natation, LEN, was held in a temporary pool in the Prater Stadium. The aq ...

. Her team finished 10th in the same event at the

1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referred to as the Centennial Olympic Games) were an international multi-sport event held from July 19 to August 4, 1996, in Atlanta, ...

. She also won a silver medal in the 400-metre freestyle at the

European Short Course Swimming Championships 1998 The second edition of the European Short Course Swimming Championships was held in Ponds Forge International Sports Centre in Sheffield, England, from 11 to 13 December 1998. A total number of 355 swimmers from 34 nations competed in these champio ...

. She represented

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at the

1994 Commonwealth Games The 1994 Commonwealth Games ( French: ''XVéme Jeux du Commonwealth'') were held in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, between 18 and 28 August 1994. Ten types of sports were featured at the Victoria Games: athletics, aquatics, badminton, box ...

Victoria Victoria most commonly refers to: * Queen Victoria (1819–1901), Queen of the United Kingdom and Empress of India * Victoria (state), a state of Australia * Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, a provincial capital * Victoria, Seychelles, the capi ...

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, Canada and won a silver medal at the

1998 Commonwealth Games The 1998 Commonwealth Games ( Malay: ), officially known as the XVI Commonwealth Games (Malay: ), were a multi-sport event held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The 1998 games were the first held in Asia and the last Commonwealth Games of the 20th cen ...

Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur (KL), officially the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, is the capital city and a Federal Territories of Malaysia, federal territory of Malaysia. It is the largest city in the country, covering an area of with a census population ...

, Malaysia, in the 400-metre freestyle. She is a three-times winner of the British Championship in 400-metre freestyle (1997, 1998 and 2000).

Personal life

Her husband,

Rob Hayles Robert John Hayles (born 21 January 1973) is an English track and road racing cyclist, who rode for Great Britain and England on the track and several professional teams on the road. Hayles competed in the team pursuit and Madison events, un ...

, is a retired Olympic sprint cyclist. They have a daughter, born 23 January 2006.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Horner, Vicky 1976 births Living people Swimmers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Olympic swimmers for Great Britain English female freestyle swimmers British female freestyle swimmers European Aquatics Championships medalists in swimming Swimmers at the 1994 Commonwealth Games Swimmers at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Commonwealth Games silver medallists in swimming Medallists at the 1998 Commonwealth Games Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne 20th-century English sportswomen