Katherine Grainger

Dame Katherine Jane Grainger DBE (born 12 November 1975) is a British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. She served as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University between 2015 and 2020, and is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.

Dame Katherine Grainger
DBE
Grainger with her Olympic gold medal
Personal information
Birth nameKatherine Jane Grainger
Nationality[British]
Born (1975-11-12) 12 November 1975
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+12 in)
Websitekatherinegrainger.com
Chancellor of University of Glasgow
Assumed office
15 June 2020
Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University
In office
20 March 2015  15 June 2020
Vice ChancellorAlistair Fitt
Preceded byShami Chakrabarti
Succeeded byPaterson Joseph
Sport
CountryUnited Kingdom
SportWomen's rowing
EventDouble Sculls
College teamEdinburgh University Boat Club
ClubSt Andrew Boat Club
Coached byPaul Thompson
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Women's rowing
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 1 4 0
World Championships 6 1 1
European Championships 0 0 1
Total 7 5 2
Olympic Games
2012 London Double sculls
2000 Sydney Quadruple sculls
2004 Athens Coxless pair
2008 Beijing Quadruple sculls
2016 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls
World Championships
2003 MilanCoxless pair
2005 GifuQuadruple sculls
2006 EtonQuadruple sculls
2007 MunichQuadruple sculls
2010 KarapiroDouble sculls
2011 BledDouble sculls
2009 PoznańSingle scull
1997 Aiguebelette Eight
European Championships
2015 PoznanDouble sculls

Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the woman's quadruple sculls. In Athens in 2004, she won silver in the coxless pairs. In Beijing 2008 she won her third silver, again in the quadruple sculls.

At the London Olympics 2012, Anna Watkins and Grainger broke the Olympic record as they qualified for the double sculls final, before winning the gold medal. Grainger won a silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 with Victoria Thornley, after a two-year break from the sport. Grainger has won eight medals at the World Championship between 1997 and 2011.

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