Micheen Thornycroft was born on 26 June 1987 in Harare, Zimbabwe.
23 Facts About Micheen Thornycroft
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Micheen Thornycroft has an older sister, Roseanne, and a younger brother, Patrick.
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Micheen Thornycroft then did her Honours in ichthyology and fisheries studies.
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Micheen Thornycroft was president of the Rowing Club and in 2009, she won the Sportswoman of the Year Award at the Rhodes University Sports Council Awards Dinner.
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Micheen Thornycroft married fellow Zimbabwean Olympic rower Peter Purcell-Gilpin in 2019 after years of serving as training partners.
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At the World Rowing Cup II, in Lucerne, Switzerland, Micheen Thornycroft finished tenth overall.
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Micheen Thornycroft participated in the 2012 Samsung World Rowing Cup III, held in Munich, Germany and came first in the Final C race and thirteenth overall.
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At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Great Britain, Micheen Thornycroft managed to attain fourteenth place overall as she finished second in the Final C race.
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In 2013, Micheen Thornycroft raced at the World Rowing Cup in Sydney and attained first place in the Final B race.
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Micheen Thornycroft had training camps in Italy and Germany before participation at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, South Korea where she finished fourth in the Final B race.
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Micheen Thornycroft won gold at the African Rowing Championships in the single sculls in Tunisia.
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At the 2014 World Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Micheen Thornycroft achieved a second-place finish in the Final D race and nineteenth overall.
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Micheen Thornycroft was one of ten Zimbabwean athletes to receive an Olympic Solidarity scholarship to aid preparations for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
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Micheen Thornycroft came first in the women's single sculls event at the 10th African Rowing Championships held at the Boukerdane Dam in Sidi Amar, Tipaza, a town in northern Algeria.
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Micheen Thornycroft trained under the guidance and coaching of Roger Barrow, South African National Rowing coach credited with coaching the South African M4x crew that won gold at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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Under Barrow's tutelage, Micheen Thornycroft set her personal best three times.
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Micheen Thornycroft won gold at the women's single sculls at the SA Rowing Championships and attained Final B race finishes at the World Rowing Cup III in Lucerne, Switzerland and the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, France where she was fifth and sixth respectively.
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Micheen Thornycroft came first in the women's single sculls event at the 2015 African Continental Qualification Regatta in Tunis, Tunisia and as a result, qualified for the 2016 Olympics.
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Micheen Thornycroft was nominated for an ANSA Sportswoman of the Year Award in 2013, with two other nominees, Cara Black and Rachel Goromonzi being recognised as deserving of the award.
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Micheen Thornycroft received a silver medal for the accolade whilst Black and Goromonzi received gold and bronze medals respectively.
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In 2015, Micheen Thornycroft was again nominated for an ANSA Sportswoman of the Year Award.
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In 2017, Micheen Thornycroft won the World Rowing Filippi Spirit Award.
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In 2012, Micheen Thornycroft was part of a team of rowers taking part in the rowing edition of the Ubunye Challenge.