Katherine Grainger MBE

Welcome to Katherine Grainger’s official website.

With Olympic silver medals from Sydney in 2000, Athens in 2004, and Beijing in 2008, as well as four world championships titles in her collection, Katherine is Britain’s most successful female rower. 

She was appointed MBE in 2006 for services to rowing, and her Olympic achievements make her the first female British athlete – in any sport – to gain medals in three consecutive Olympic Games.

Katherine is now focused on the 2012 Olympic Games in London.  For the 2009 racing season, she took up a new challenge by racing in the single sculls and, as an international debutante in this highly-demanding boat class, she took a silver medal at the World Championships in Poznan, Poland.

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Katherine's News

Race Reports

  • Rowing World Cup 2, Munich, Germany - June 18,19, 20

    Katherine just failed in her quest to repeat the double gold performances of three weeks earlier in Bled when, just over an hour after dominating the double sculls final, she and her crew-mates lost out to Germany in the quadruple sculls final of the second Rowing World Cup, in Munich, Germany.

  • Rowing World Cup 1 Bled, Slovenia - May 28,29,30

    Katherine had the perfect start to her 2010 season, with two outstanding wins at the first Rowing World Cup in Bled, Slovenia.

  • The Main Event

    After a thrilling final, Katherine had to settle for her third successive Olympic silver, behind China. Eventually, after a battle all the way down the course, in which the British crew just manag...