Vicky Horner

Vicky Horner
Personal information
Full name	Victoria Elizabeth Horner
Nickname(s)	"Vicky"
National team	Great Britain
Born	11 May 1976; Newcastle upon Tyne, England
Height	1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb; 10.6 st)
Sport
Sport	Swimming
Strokes	Freestyle
Club	Derwentside ASC
Women's swimming
Representing Great Britain
European Championships (SC)
European Championships (LC)
Representing England
Commonwealth Games

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

Swimming career

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]

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