Meet Patron of KCLA – Dame Katherine Grainger

Dame Katherine is a British rower and holds a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Law from King’s College London, 2013.

Her achievements include:

– Great Britain’s most decorated female Olympian

– Five Olympic medals

– She first won silver at the Sydney Olympics (2000) in the woman’s quadruple sculls

– In Athens (2004) she won silver in the cox-less pairs

– In Beijing (2008) she won her third silver medal in the quadruple sculls.

– At the London Olympics (2012) with Anna Watkins she broke the Olympic record as they qualified for the double sculls final in which they won the gold medal

– At the Rio Olympic Games (2016) with Victoria Thornley, and after a two-year break from the sport, Katherine won a silver medal in the double sculls.

Katherine has won eight medals at World Championships between 1997 and 2011 of which six were gold medals.

Katherine was awarded Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE)in 2017. She is also the current Chair of UK Sport, a Fellow of King’s College London and has served as Chancellor of both Oxford Brookes University and University of Glasgow.