Jane Hall

Jane won a silver medal in the lightweight women's quad at the 2009 World Championships in Poznan, the crew having put in a spirited performance to take second behind a strong German crew with USA third.  

Jane took up rowing at the age of fourteen at Kingston Grammar School. She thrived on the tough and challenging sport and by 1991 was selected in the GB four for the World Junior Championships where her crew finished 5th.  In 1992 Jane won a bronze medal in the U23 Lightweight double scull and went on to Montreal as reserve for the senior lightweight team at the World Championships.

In 1993, aged only nineteen, Jane became World Champion in the lightweight four. This was an even more notable achievement as it was the first ever British women's sweep–oar World Championship gold medal. T he crew stayed together for the 1994 season but were badly disrupted when one of them was injured in a motor accident. They gradually regained their form and took a bronze medal at the Commonwealth Regatta before moving on to the World Championships in Indianapolis.  In an awesome tussle for the line they just failed to retain their title and took home the silver medal.

In the spring of 1995, Jane moved into a lightweight pair winning a silver medal at the World Championships that year and again in 1996.  In 1997 Jane was selected as the lightweight single sculler for the World Championships, racing with impressive maturity to finish 5th.  She moved into the lightweight double for 1998 and finished 10th, then won a silver medal in the lightweight pairs in 1999.

In 2006, having returned to top–level rowing after an absence due to illness, Jane raced in the GB lightweight women's double scull with Helen Casey, finishing 5th at the World Championships in Eton.  She won a silver medal in the lightweight quad at the 2007 World Championships. 

In the 2008 season Jane raced in the lightweight quad winning the World Cup in Poznan and went on to finish 4th at the 2008 World Championships.

Jane's ambition, when she retires from international rowing, is to become the first female Chief Coach of the GB Junior Team.  She loves watching all sports and is an ardent fan of Liverpool FC.