Emily_Craig
Emily Craig
British rower
Emily Craig (born 30 November 1992) is a British lightweight three-time world champion rower.
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31) Pembury, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Craig was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the lightweight quadruple sculls with Brianna Stubbs, Ruth Walczak and Eleanor Piggott.[1]
At the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam, Craig was part of the gold medal-winning team in the women's lightweight quadruple sculls, along with Brianna Stubbs, Eleanor Piggott and Imogen Walsh.[2][3] She won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the lightweight double sculls with Imogen Grant.[4]
In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in Varese, Italy.[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] Craig then retained her titles at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled and the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.[8]
- "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- "Gold for Pembroke Duo in 2016 Rowing World Championships". Pembroke College, University of Oxford. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- "2019 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
- "Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- 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.
