Sophie Hosking

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.

Sophie Hosking
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
2012 London Lwt double sculls
World Rowing Championships
2007 Munich LW4x
2006 Eton LW4x
2009 Poznań LW2x
2011 Bled LW2x

Personal life

Hosking was born in 1986. The lightweight rower David Hosking is her father.[2] She attended Kingston Grammar School in London, before completing an undergraduate degree in Chemistry and Physics at Trevelyan College, Durham University, graduating in 2007.[3]

She is a member of the London Rowing Club in Putney.[4]

Hosking was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[5][6]

Following her retirement from competitive rowing, Hosking embarked on a new career as a solicitor.

See also
  • 2012 Olympics gold post boxes in the United Kingdom

References
  1. "Olympics rowing: Sophie Hosking & Katherine Copeland win gold". BBC Sport. 4 August 2012.
  2. Barretto, Lawrence (18 June 2013). "Olympic rowing champion Sophie Hosking retires". BBC Sport. Retrieved 4 September 2018.
  3. Hosking, Sophie. "Team GB Rowing Biographies". Archived from the original on 14 April 2013. Retrieved 4 August 2012.
  4. Sophie Hosking through to lightweight double sculls final (From Wandsworth Guardian)
  5. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 25.
  6. "London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games Honours" (PDF). Cabinet Office.


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