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Katherine Grainger

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Dame Katherine Jane Grainger (born 12 November 1975) is a Scottish athlete. She is a 2012 Summer Olympics gold medallist, four-time Olympic silver medallist and six-time World Champion for Great Britain. She served as Chancellor of Oxford Brookes University between 2015 and 2020 and is currently Chancellor of the University of Glasgow. Grainger first won silver at the Sydney Olympics in 2000 in the woman's quadruple sculls. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Katherine Grainger is the 7,754th most popular athlete (down from 6,759th in 2024), the 8,617th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 8,228th in 2019) and the 274th most popular British Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Katherine Grainger ranks 7,754 out of 6,025. Before her are Egor Yakovlev, Sarah Attar, Mikheil Kajaia, Ayana Onozuka, Marco Fichera, and Megan Kalmoe. After her are Oksana Livach, Robert Baran, Lukáš Rohan, Melissa Humana-Paredes, Hu Jianguan, and Yang Jian.

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Among people born in 1975, Katherine Grainger ranks 1,330. Before her are Annie Cotton, Joe Cannon, Alka Lamba, Scot Pollard, Jonny Moseley, and Cherry. After her are Henrik Pedersen, Antara Mali, Jamie Burnett, Becky Kellar-Duke, Tara Buck, and Marvin Andrews.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Katherine Grainger ranks 8,619 out of 8,785. Before her are Nadiya Hussain (1984), Dean Whitehead (1982), Ronan Parke (1998), Charlie Daniels (1986), James Bourne (1983), and CJ Egan-Riley (2003). After her are James Justin (1998), Helen Reeves (1980), Danny Alexander (1972), Lyra McKee (1990), Neah Evans (1990), and Wendy Morton (1967).

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Among ATHLETES In United Kingdom

Among athletes born in United Kingdom, Katherine Grainger ranks 274. Before her are Emily Maguire (1987), Iwan Thomas (1974), Kieran West (1977), Leon Taylor (1977), Joseph Ryan (null), and David Murdoch (1978). After her are Greg Searle (1972), Jocelyn Rae (1991), Hannah Mills (1988), Matt Gotrel (1989), Katarina Johnson-Thompson (1993), and Saskia Clark (1979).

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