Katherine Grainger
- January 4, 2024
- Rower
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Katherine Grainger |
| Occupation | Rower |
| Date Of Birth | Nov 12, 1975(1975-11-12) |
| Age | 49 |
| Birthplace | Glasgow |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth City | Scotland |
| Horoscope | Scorpio |
Katherine Grainger Biography
| Name | Katherine Grainger |
| Birthday | Nov 12 |
| Birth Year | 1975 |
| Place Of Birth | Glasgow |
| Home Town | Scotland |
| Birth Country | United Kingdom |
| Birth Sign | Scorpio |
| Parents | Peter Grainger, Liz Grainger |
| Siblings | Sarah Grainger |
Katherine Grainger is one of the most popular and richest Rower who was born on November 12, 1975 in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom. Gold medal-winning rower from London’s 2012 Olympics at London who also took silver medals in the years 2000, 2004 and 2008.
From the British female Olympians Of the female Olympians from Britain, the only one Of the British female Olympians, only Rebecca Adlington earned as many medals as her. earned more medals than her.
Grainger took up rowing at the University of Edinburgh in 1993 and represents Edinburgh’s St Andrew Boat Club and/or Marlow Rowing Club in rowing events. She trained on the River Dee.
Grainger has won eight medals at the World Championships. The first of these was a bronze in 1997 in the eight, then a gold with Bishop in 2003, a gold in 2005 with the quadruple scull, with Houghton, Sarah Winckless, and Rebecca Romero, and in 2006 her quadruple scull was promoted to gold following a drugs test on the winning Russian crew. This quad had Debbie Flood instead of Romero, who had retired after the 2005 world championships.
Her birthplace was Glasgow, Scotland.
Katherine Grainger Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Rower |
| House | Living in own house. |
Katherine Grainger is one of the richest Rower from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katherine Grainger 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She was trained to row along the River Dee, and competed first in the year 1997 at the World Championship in Lac d’Aiguebelette, France, where her team was awarded bronze.
Four of her Olympic medals are among the top ever won by a British Olympian, and her numerous world championships have made her the best rower in British history.
Dame Katherine Jane Grainger DBE (born 12 November 1975) is a British former rower and current chair of UK Sport. With five Olympic medals she is Great Britain’s most decorated female Olympian. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. Since 2015 she has been chancellor of Oxford Brookes University.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 11 in |
Katherine Grainger height 5 ft 11 in Katherine weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Katherine Grainger Dating?
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Another gold came in 2007, again in the quadruple sculls, with Annabel Vernon replacing the injured Sarah Winckless. In 2009, having switched to the single scull after the Beijing Olympics, Grainger claimed a surprise silver at the World Championships in Poland. In 2010, Grainger teamed up with Anna Watkins in the double sculls and they embarked on an unbeaten season, culminating in victory in November in the World Championships in Lake Karapiro, New Zealand, and then defending the title in an injury disrupted season in 2011 in Bled, Slovenia.
Facts & Trivia
Katherine Ranked on the list of most popular Rower. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Katherine Grainger celebrates birthday on November 12 of every year.
She first won silver at Sydney in 2000 in the woman’s quadruple sculls with Guin Batten, Gillian Lindsay and Miriam Batten losing to a German team. Four years later in Athens in 2004, she won silver again when she took part in the coxless pairs with Cath Bishop, losing to Georgeta Damian and Viorica Susanu of Romania. She returned to the quadruple sculls in Beijing 2008, when she won her third silver with Annabel Vernon, Debbie Flood and Frances Houghton, narrowly losing to China after taking the lead for some of the race. On 3 August 2012, she won an Olympic gold medal at London in the double sculls with Anna Watkins. At the 2016 Olympics, she won a silver medal in double sculls with Vicky Thornley.
Who is Katherine Graingers partner?
At the 2015 World Rowing Championships, Katherine and Victoria Thornley (her new partner in the double scull) qualified the boat class for the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.
What does Katherine Grainger do now?
She served as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University between 2015 and 2020, and is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the woman’s quadruple sculls.
How old is Katherine Grainger?
46 years (November 12, 1975)
Is Katherine Grainger in the Olympics?
In an Olympic career that spanned five editions of the Games, beginning with a silver in the quadruple sculls at Sydney 2000 and ending with another in the double sculls at Rio 2016, British rower Dame Katherine Grainger collected a medal at each of her appearances, including double sculls gold with Anna Watkins at …
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