Katherine Granger GB Olympic Gold medallist in Rowing (born 1975)

Dame Katherine Granger began rowing in 1993 while attending university in Edinburgh.
She competed in both the double and quadruple skulls, plus the coxless pairs.

In 2000, at the Olympics in Sydney, Australia, medals were awarded to females for the first time in rowing- she won a silver in the quadruple skulls event.

For a number of Olympics she gained medals but it was not until 2012 that she won gold in the double sculls with her partner Anna Watkins.

I n 2012 she was the first female to win medals at 4 consecutive Olympic games.

In 2016, in Rio, she won a further silver medal with Victoria Thornley after having a break of 2 years from the sport!

In the 2017 New Years Honours list Katherine was awarded a DCM (Dame Commander of the British Empire) for services to sport and charity.