Katherine Grainger

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Dame Katherine Grainger
DBE
Grainger with her Olympic gold medal
Personal information
Birth nameKatherine Jane Grainger[1]
NationalityBritish
Born (1975-11-12) 12 November 1975 (age 49)
Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater
Height1.82 m (5 ft 11+1⁄2 in)
Websitekatherinegrainger.com
Chancellor of University of Glasgow
Incumbent
Assumed office
15 June 2020
Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University
In office
20 March 2015 – 15 June 2020
Vice ChancellorAlistair Fitt[3]
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
Gold medal – first place 2012 London Double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Quadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place 2004 Athens Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Quadruple sculls
Silver medal – second place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Double sculls
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2003 Milan Coxless pair
Gold medal – first place 2005 Gifu Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2006 Eton Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2007 Munich Quadruple sculls
Gold medal – first place 2010 Karapiro Double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2011 Bled Double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2009 Poznań Single scull
Bronze medal – third place 1997 Aiguebelette Eight
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Poznan Double sculls

Dame Katherine Jane Grainger DBE (born 12 November 1975) is a Scottish 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 for Great Britain.[4] She served as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University between 2015 and 2020 and is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow.[5][6]

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 won eight medals at the World Championship between 1997 and 2011.

  1. ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 9. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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  3. ^ "Oxford Brookes University makes Alistair Fitt v-c". Times Higher Education (THE). 23 January 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  4. ^ "Katherine GRAINGER". Worldrowing.com. 12 November 1975. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Dame Katherine Grainger to stand down as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University - Oxford Brookes University". Oxford Brookes University. Retrieved 26 June 2020.
  6. ^ "Olympian to become Glasgow university chancellor". BBC News. 9 March 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2020.