Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins hail their moment of triumph The wedding dress was unusual. But beneath the surface harmony between her and her rowing partner is the story of their struggle to establish a partnership - or even a friendship. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion. Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins hail their moment of triumph. Most Popular #132333. In 2014 she judged the category prize 'dreams' for the Koestler Trust's annual exhibition "Catching Dreams", curated by previous Koestler award entrants. Buy Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography Updated by Grainger, Dr Katherine, Redgrave, Sir Steve (ISBN: 9780233004853) from Amazon's Book Store. Since winning a gold medal at London 2012, after three silvers, Grainger stopped rowing to consider her future. "Sport is a very tough, intense environment to work in. Currently, Katherine is Partner of Civitas Public Affairs Group. Grainger took up rowing at the University of Edinburgh in 1993 and represented Edinburgh's St Andrew Boat Club and/or Marlow Rowing Club in rowing events. Those sort of athletes that go over five Olympics - Fran Horton, Steve Redgrave - you have to be completely dedicated, diligent and on your game, because you have to look after your body and your chassis all the way, the Australian said. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The final was ours to lose. Katherine Grainger has not been previously engaged. Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. How tall is Katherine Grainger? On the 11 August 2016, Katherine became the most decorated female Olympian of all time winning a silver medal, narrowly missing the gold after leading for 3/4 of the race. In a way it makes all the results sweeter if youve been through the mill and come out., Join thought-provoking conversations, follow other Independent readers and see their replies. There will be no more for Grainger. We've all said and done things that have been particularly tough along the way, but it proves what a great working relationship [we have] to come out with a result like that.". American Simone Manuel became the first black female swimmer to win an Olympic title as she shared the women's 100m freestyle gold with Canada's Penny Oleksiak, 16, after a dead heat. Steve has been a rock of support for both of us and a great backer of womens rowing, said Grainger. This, Watkins declared, was the point at which she knew they would win. She returned to full-time rowing last September and was last week selected with a new double sculls partner, the 6ft 4in former model Vicky Thornley, to compete at the European Championships in Poznan, Poland, next week with an eye on the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Her continual success for more than a decade elevates Katherine into a class of her own. It is like great art.. For many who had not expected this pairing to even qualify for Rio, their result was outstanding and propelled Katherine into the history books. 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. No more near misses. Olympic. We know David is happily married but my mum has got her ideas and Steve needs to arrange it. But behind that picture of stillness there are sacrifices that most people who are in their 40th year would no longer be able to tolerate. or debate this issue live on our message boards. Katherine Grainger has dedicated her Olympic triumph in the women's double sculls to the British public. But Team GB were slightly embarrassed to find out after declaring her outright all-time leader that tennis player Kitty Godfree also won five medals in the 1920s. Although each won her first Olympic gold medal in the womens double sculls at an emotional and partisan Eton Dorney Lake last month, the emphasis was very much on Grainger at 36, seven years Watkinss senior and bidding for an elusive gold after three successive Olympic silver medals. [17] In March 2015, Grainger was appointed the fourth chancellor of Oxford Brookes University, at a ceremony joined by her three predecessors, Shami Chakrabarti CBE, Jon Snow and Baroness Helena Kennedy QC.[18]. he asked. Grainger has overtaken swimmer Rebecca Adlington in the medal count to claim the title of most decorated female British Olympian of the modern era. She spent time working for the BBC as a co-presenter on the Rowing World Cup coverage, the BBC Inspire series and as a pundit during the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow. The British quartet - Spencer Wilton, Fiona Bigwood, Carl Hester and Charlotte Dujardin - were beaten into second by 3.334 points. Respect, then, to those, like Grainger, who refuse to accept second best and keep coming back for more. Two months out of the Olympics its not the place you would want to be.. Foreword by Sir Steve Redgrave * Let's Start at the Very Beginning * The Wonder Years * Decisions, Discord and Donuts * Breakthrough at Sydney * All . It takes genius to write one of the great symphonies. The pair held a meeting with self-confessed straight-talking coach Paul Thompson and only when they showed their commitment to succeeding as a two-woman team were they invited to challenge in Rio. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". More . Katherine was born in Glasgow on the 12th November 1975. She is the Honorary President of the Scottish Amateur Rowing Association and is a member of Edinburgh rowing club St Andrew Boat Club and a member of Marlow Rowing Club. Ann and I are both really pleased that she has found rowing in her own time and way, and that she is really enjoying it. Sir Steve, 49, has proved a popular spectator at training sessions. While her double sculls partner Anna Watkins went off to become a full-time mother to her little boy William, Grainger took to television punditry, gave talks to schools and businesses, and completed her PhD in criminal law. That is what makes the fifth of her Olympic medals perhaps the most extraordinary of all. But if holding a record is too important, how do you feel when someone breaks it? Pieces like the Dream of Gerontius you kind of get lost in, dont you? Item Height 1in. Grainger threw her arms wide, looked up to the sky and let out a primal roar. Education, employment, training and skills. The victory brought her a medal for the fifth successive Games, four of them silver and a gold from London 2012. Grainger won a silver medal at the Rio Olympic Games 2016 with Victoria Thornley, after a two-year break from the sport. See today's front and back pages, download the newspaper, order back issues and use the historic Daily Express newspaper archive. In 2012 Katherines dreams were realised when she won the elusive Olympic Gold medal alongside teammate Anna Watkins in the double sculls in London. She is very content with family life. My mum and dad werent sure if coming back was the right thing for me and they've been so supportive since I did, she said. Ive never really been recognised before in the street, she said. Grainger and Thornley led for a large part of Thursday's race and were less than 200 metres away from winning gold at the Lagoa Stadium before being pipped at the last by the Polish pair, Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj. She is also a respected attorney, has worked on civil rights, women's rights, labor, and education issues. In 2020 she was appointed as the Chancellor of the University of Glasgow, in succession to Professor Sir Kenneth Calman. "There have been so many hard days in the last year or two when it [winning a medal] seemed the furthest thing from reality; that we wouldn't come away with anything," Grainger said. She twice received the Edinburgh University Sports Union's Eva Bailey Cup for the university's most outstanding female athlete in 1995/96 and 1996/97[25] and was inducted to the University's Sports Hall of Fame on 29 May 2008. Great Britain's Victoria Thornley (left) and Katherine Grainger (right) pose with their silver medals after finishing second in the Women's Double Sculls Final A. Andy Murray celebrates his victory over Kai Nishikori to reach the men's Olympic final. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously. In a way it makes the results all the more sweet if you've been through the mill and come out. RMCX50G9-Katherine Grainger with her gold medal won in the Women's Double Sculls Rowing final during the London 2012 Olympic Games RMP939W3-Katherine Grainger at Dunblame Hydro RMCM1M6M-14th September, 2012. Additionally, she was Chief Medical Officer to the GB rowing team from 1992 to 2001. Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the woman's quadruple sculls. 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Somewhere in the middle of the lengthy embrace shared by Sir Steve Redgrave and Britain's first lady of rowing, Katherine Grainger, was not simply mutual relief but recognition of a. One sent a photo, too. *. Sometimes you are chipping the ice off your car at dawn and thinking this is not great, but I have no regrets about coming back. For Grainger and Watkins, in the middle of the cacophony, the ear-bleeding stereo was the sweetest of sounds. This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. Today. When my sister beats me, she is very pleased. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. Mentally I would never have been able to let it go.. Katherine is Great Britain's most decorated female Olympic athlete. It was when this translated into a failure to achieve times which would be competitive in Rio that the two were on the brink of exclusion from the rowing squad. The legend of Sir Steve Redgrave, the only rower to have won five gold medals Olympic News. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express. She has a burning competitive edge, but she hides it better than me. We had a meeting that morning - all three of us had a meeting - and we all committed to the boat and committed to making it work, he said. She travels home to Scotland whenever possible where her family live in Edinburgh. It is about the challenge. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". The concept may be lost on the likes of Ye Shiwen who pitch up at their first Olympics and win gold medals at 16, but yesterday the Scot was the perfect advert for delayed gratification. After winning a sixth medal in the . Katherine Grainger is back in action as she prepares for the next Olympics in Rio next year, Great Britain's Grainger (right) and her Double Scull partner Victoria Thornley, Grainger during a training session at The National Training Centre, Caversham this week, Grainger (right) with her double sculls partner Thornley in the water training on Wednesday. Mrs Grainger may have to wait a little longer because her daughter is not convinced just yet that her rowing career has finished, even if winning gold at 36 would appear to provide the perfect ending. Olympic games. I didnt think you had to plan it. Godfreys five Olympic medals in the 1920s, one gold, two silver and two bronze, came when the event was far less competitive. After a crazy few weeks since they produced one of the memorable moments of the Games, the pair will share a longer, more measured moment together. Pinterest. I didnt rush to decide whether to come back, says Grainger. The cuddle with Sir Steve Redgrave was prolonged and sincere one great Olympic champion welcoming another deserving candidate to the club. Redgrave subsequently announced his retirement from international rowing but returned once more to win gold in the coxless fours event at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. When can a driver drive in a with-flow bus lane? Two years later, James rowed across the Atlantic with TV star Ben Fogle. In the sunshine behind the winners podium, Katherine Grainger offered Victoria Thornley her hand. With the tumult at its height they crossed the line, with a length to spare, as Olympic champions. Part of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. I dont actually know how close we were, Grainger said. I am just Auntie Katherine. . I would still have been a happy, normal-ish person if I hadnt won one but I wouldnt have felt fulfilled as an athlete. It takes an extraordinary work ethic to collect five Olympic medals across five Games - as Grainger has - and that certainly helped turn things around. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". Super Saturday Will be clean, not soiled or stained. Books will be free of page markings. By following that dream, it's got me to this place but I never set out to do it.". At some point on Monday morning Katherine Grainger and Anna Watkins will meet up for a quiet coffee and a moment of reflection before they board Float 14 and enjoy their euphoric parade around the streets of London in a mass post-Olympic and Paralympic celebration. Grainger celebrates winning her gold medal on the water at Eton Dorney during London 2012, Grainger flashes her gold medal alongside her then-partner Anna Watkins (right), Grainger shows off her medal collection after winning silvers in 2000, '04 and 08 and gold at London 2012, I love chart music but there is a different level of emotion, something incredibly profound in classical music, she says. What is Steve Redgrave doing now? Multiple appearances Several athletes would have made more appearances at the Olympics but for reasons out of their control, such as World Wars (no Olympics were held in 1916, 194 Grainger is nevertheless something of a polymath. Medals & More, the podcast taking you behind the scenes of British Olympic and Paralympic sport. Start your Independent Premium subscription today. You can see the racing and we have to prepare for them to deliver what they do. Redgrave is regarded as one of Britains greatest-ever Olympians.Steve Redgrave. All Rights Reserved. She accepted it and they stood there, linked like that for a moment or so, before they were called up to accept double sculls silver medals. Grainger will inevitably be mentioned in dispatches with another Briton, too: five-time Olympic gold medal-winning rower, and single bronze-medal holder Steve Redgrave, whose 'greatness' appears to be, well, greater. [10] She remarked, "Without planning it both my Olympic career and my PhD have met at the same time and the culmination for both is 2012 not by design."[11]. Katherine was of course, born in Glasgow but also gained her Master of Philosophy degree from the University and is eager to be part of shaping its future. Well reflect tomorrow on how our lives have changed. It took them 49 days, 19 hours and 8 minutes, coincidentally about the same time that it takes to travel anywhere in London. Then they will join 700 fellow Olympians and Paralympians to be greeted in the centre of London by a crowd which, it is estimated, will be well over half-a-million strong. Intergovernmental relations with an interest in COAG committee advice and analysis and negotiation of national partnership agreements. Grainger is a board member for the Youth Sport Trust,[19] the British Olympic Association's Athlete Commission[20] and is a Patron for Netball Scotland,[21] Winning Scotland, the NCI[22] and Aberlour children's charity. He was educated at Great Marlow School. Elysium: Grainger and Anna Watkins salute a dominant victory at Eton Dorney, Ive had a good number of marriage proposals from men who have somehow tracked down my email address, she added. Helen Glover/Husband. And more. They gamely held the British pair early on but slowly, surely, Grainger and Watkins carved out an advantage. It was our day, our time, our crowd.. They led for the most of the race and were only pipped to gold in the last seconds, when the Polish pair slipped ahead to win by a mere 0.95 seconds. I got most of the attention but Anna and I are equal partners in winning that Olympic title, and I thank her for helping me finally achieve my goal.. But we brought our best race to that final., For Thompson, the silver provided some justification for a sometimes uncompromising style which has earned him criticism and an accusation of bullying from former competitor Emily Taylor Im not necessarily the smoothest drink in the liquor cabinet, he said. Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors. [16] She was reappointed for a second term on 1 July 2021. He would talk to us, sharing his experiences. Olympic games. Ann Redgravem. She is a teacher now. Sir Steve Redgrave married a rower Photo by Drew Coffman on Unsplash Steve and Ann Callaway got married in 1988. A second gold would put her on top by any metric. In June 2011 she was delighted to receive an honorary doctorate from her former university, Edinburgh University. Shes like a normal person in society. Steve Redgrave. Vocational Education and Training, policy. You have reached ESPN's UK edition. Where did Steve Redgrave live as a child? Three times she had tried to win a gold medal at an Olympics, three times she had come up one place short. I started off as a student and at my first Olympic Games, it was just incredibly to be selected for and to get a medal back in Sydney, which is now 16 years ago. As well as being a highly qualified lawyer, she is a devoted patron of the arts. I said it would take her as long to get back as she had been away, he said. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. This time the gold medal eluded Grainger, and her double sculls partner Vicky Thornley, by a mere 0.95 seconds. 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. [15], In April 2017, Grainger was appointed chair of UK Sport. I had to be moving forward.. Katherine Grainger (right) and partner Vicky Thornley (left) pose with their silver medals In her fifth and final Olympic appearance, Grainger, 40, bowed out from international sport by. The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". Item Width 5in. At the 2016 Olympics, she won a silver medal in double sculls with Vicky Thornley. Steven REDGRAVE "I continued because I love this sport and being in a boat with people like Vicky: the passion and the excitement, the pressure of these big Olympic moments. When did Steve Redgrave win his first gold medal? Last Name Grainger #2. "It doesn't matter. We saw him before the Games and he was talking to us about the opening ceremony. It is an extra motivation, but not the main one. The pair wrote a book, The Crossing: Conquering the Atlantic in the Worlds Toughest Rowing Race. What does that mean? If wed lost it, then clearly I hadnt done everything I could. Shes got a little boy. Thank you to my dear friends Nicola Feaver (and children) and Sir Steve Redgrave for my #ALSIceBucketChallenge nomination! Katherine Grainger hopes killer instinct will mean gold at London 2012 . Grainger's family later moved to Netherley, Aberdeenshire. On 14 March 2015, Grainger was part of the composite crew that won the Women's Eights Head of the River Race on the River Thames in London, setting a time of 18:58.6 for the 4 14-mile (6.8km) championship course from Mortlake to Putney. Thompson, who is an uncompromising character, urged Grainger to get back from her rowing break if she wanted to be at Rio. When did Steve Redgrave get diagnosed with diabetes? 3.6K views, 175 likes, 0 loves, 11 comments, 13 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from Dame Katherine Grainger: Thank you to my dear friends Nicola Feaver (and children) and Sir Steve Redgrave for my. But somehow it didn't matter. Like many celebrities and famous people, Katherine keeps her personal and love life private. This quad had Debbie Flood instead of Romero, who had retired after the 2005 world championships. What were the steps to German unification? [31], In June 2017, Grainger was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Aberdeen. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds. US women's football team Orlando Pride announce they're scrapping white shorts to make their players 'more Mike Tyson tells Oleksandr Usyk that he must 'stand and fight' to beat Tyson Fury, as he claims the or debate this issue live on our message boards. She has friends galore, but the individualistic devotion to rowing success has its downsides. Authored Cabinet Submissions, Discussion papers, NTS COPE funding submissions. Grainger was elected President of the Edinburgh University Boat Club in 1996/97. I would find it hard if I definitely was. I was very happy in Sydney in 2000. She tells me about the Royal Albert Hall (wonderful building, not such good acoustics), and becomes the only sporting interviewee on record to discuss Elgars Dream of Gerontius. Defending champions Great Britain won silver in the Olympic team dressage, as world champions Germany claimed gold. Her sister Sarah lives in Beverley, East Yorkshire with her partner Steph and son Seth. Ann is an accomplished rower herself and has represented Great Britain in the women's eight at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984. She loves the cinema, having worked at one in Glasgow as a girl, shining a torch to show people to their seats. Her sister Sarah lives in Beverley, East Yorkshire with her partner Steph and son Seth. As soon as I made my decision there was never a doubt. 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. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Fiji's Vatemo Ravouvou breaks through to score during the Men's Rugby Sevens Gold medal final match against Great Britain. "There was a point when we weren't in an Olympic boat, we weren't selected. So painful had been the final near-miss in the Beijing quadruple sculls that she had questioned whether it was worth carrying on. Swimming legend Michael Phelps demolished the field in the 200m individual medley to claim his 22nd Olympic gold. 1988 Steve Redgrave/Spouse. The silver was so unexpected in the circumstances that the agony of how close gold had been did not seem as acute as it might. Rower #7. At the age of 36, and . Then a third and a fourth. RMHT57F2-Dame Katherine Grainger from Maidenhead is made a Dame Commander of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace. Sir Steve Redgrave Katherine was born in Glasgow on the 12th November 1975. The wedding dress was unusual. The end of 2014 saw a new chapter begin as Katherine returned to the GB Rowing squad and a demanding training regime. "Is Michael Phelps, with 25 Olympic medals, nearly five times the Olympian Redgrave is? Theyve been focused on what theyve had to deliver here., In the final reckoning, it was the mental image of standing beside a Rio podium which Grainger said had seen her through. Katherine Grainger Popularity . Team GB took silver in the women's eight. Super Saturday Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography by Dr Katherine Grainger,Sir Steve . She is Britains most successful female rower and the only female athlete in any sport to gain medals in four consecutive Olympic Games. Dr Katherine Grainger, to apply the full title now she has PhD in criminology, did all the talking, more comfortable in the space than Thornley, who is 12 years her junior. To become an Olympic champion is an extra-special and rare achievement and having had three medals in what, for me, were the wrong colour, I knew it would take something very special to win a gold. Dame Katherine Jane Grainger DBE (born 12 November 1975) is a British former rower and current Chair of UK Sport. Thompson said her weekly training schedule for Rio has included around 200km a week and three weight sessions. 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