Imogen Grant

Imogen Daisy Grant (born 26 February 1996) is a British lightweight world champion rower.

Imogen Grant
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996
Cambridge, England
EducationTrinity College, Cambridge
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 RačiceLwt double sculls
Gold medal – first place2023 BelgradeLwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place2018 PlovdivLwt single sculls
Bronze medal – third place2019 OttensheimLwt double sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 OberschleißheimLwt double sculls
Gold medal – first place2023 BledLwt double sculls
Silver medal – second place2021 VareseLwt double sculls

Career

She won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in the lightweight single sculls[1] 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.[2]

In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in Varese, Italy.[3]

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.[4]

She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships[5] and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.[6]

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.[7]

References
  1. "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  2. 2019 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships results
  3. "Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  4. "2022 World Cup III results". World Rowing. Retrieved 15 July 2022.
  5. Woods, Mark (13 August 2022). "British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  6. "World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day". BBC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
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