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In 2015-16, Helen Glover was ranked the number 1 female rower in the world by the World Rowing Federation. This was the second time that she had been ranked number 1, having previously held the top spot in 2012-13. Glover is a British rower who has won two Olympic gold medals, one in the women's coxless pair in 2012 and one in the women's coxless four in 2016.