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Katherine Grainger
Rowing Quadruple Scull
Katherine was Born In Glasgow in November 1975 . She is currently living in Marlow , Bucks. With a degree and Masters in Law already under her belt, she is now studying homicide for a PhD.
Katherine is an Olympic silver medallist in 2000 and 2004 and four times a World Champion, Katherine is GB's most successful Olympic female rower and was awarded an MBE in 2006 for services to rowing. She recently confirmed her position as GB's leading female rower by successfully defending her singles title again at the 2008 GB Rowing Senior Trials in Belgium.
She raced in the quad in the 2008 World Cup series, finishing 1st and 3rd.
Katherine has been selected in the women's quadruple scull for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Katherine took up rowing at Edinburgh University in 1993 and made such good progress she was awarded the Eva Bailey Trophy as their most outstanding female athlete in 1996 and again in 1997.
In 2003 Katherine's partnership with Cath Bishop in the pair resulted in her first World title when they won gold at the World Championships in Milan in dramatic fashion, storming through the field from 4th to 1st in the last 600 metres and toppling the reigning World and Olympic champions from Romania.