Imogen Daisy Grant (born 26 February 1996) is a British lightweight world and Olympic champion rower.
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| Nationality | English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 February 1996 Cambridge, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Trinity College, Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Lightweight double sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life
editGrant was brought up in Bar Hill, Cambridge where she attended The Perse School for Girls before studying medicine at Trinity College Cambridge.[1]
Rowing
editGrant won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in the lightweight single sculls[2] and the following year she won another bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria but this time as part of the lightweight double sculls with Emily Craig.[3]
In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in Varese, Italy.[4]
With the Cambridge squad, she won the 2022 Oxford–Cambridge University Boat Race.
At the 2022 World Cup III regatta in Lucerne, Switzerland, she won gold and set a new world's best time in women's lightweight singles of 7:23.36.[5]
She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships[6] and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[7]
At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, she won the World Championship gold medal in the women's lightweight double sculls with Emily Craig.[8]
Olympic gold medal
editAt the 2024 Summer Olympics Grant and Emily Craig won the gold medal in the women's lightweight double sculls, the final time that the event was held at the Olympic Games.[9]
Other
editGrant has a degree in Physiology, Development and Neuroscience and Medicine, and master's degree in Obstetrics and Gynaecology from the University of Cambridge.[10] She started a career as a medical doctor in August 2024.[11]
References
edit- ^ "Who is Imogen Grant? The Cambridge born and bred rower representing her city". Cambridge News. Retrieved 2 August 2024.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
- ^ 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results
- ^ "Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- ^ "2022 World Cup III results". World Rowing. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
- ^ Woods, Mark (13 August 2022). "British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day". BBC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
- ^ "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ^ "Craig & Grant cruise to gold after men win silver". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
- ^ "GRANT Imogen".
- ^ "Britain's golden rowers crush the competition… now one of them is off to be a doctor". Daily Telegraph. 2 August 2024.
