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British rower (born 1992)

FullnameEmily Elizabeth Craig

NationalityBritish

Born (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 33)

Pembury, England

Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Emily Craig

MBE

Craig at the World Championships in 2015

Personal information

Full name

Emily Elizabeth Craig

Nationality

British

Born

(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 33)

Pembury, England

Height

1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)

Sport

Country

Great Britain

Sport

Rowing

Event(s)

Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls

Medal record

Women's rowing

Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
	2024 Paris	Lwt double sculls
World Championships
	2023 Belgrade	Lwt double sculls
	2022 Račice	Lwt double sculls
	2019 Ottensheim	Lwt double sculls
	2016 Rotterdam	Lwt quad sculls
	2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac	Lwt quad sculls
European Championships
	2023 Bled	Lwt double sculls
	2022 Oberschleißheim	Lwt double sculls
	2021 Varese	Lwt double sculls
	2017 Račice	Lwt double sculls
U23 World Championships
	2013 Ottensheim	Lwt quad sculls
World Cups
	2024 World Cup II	Lwt double sculls
	2024 World Cup I	Lwt double sculls
	2023 World Cup III	Lwt double sculls
	2023 World Cup II	Lwt double sculls
	2022 World Cup III	Lwt double sculls
	2022 World Cup I	Lwt double sculls
	2021 World Cup II	Lwt double sculls
	2018 World Cup I	Lwt double sculls
	2017 World Cup I	Lwt double sculls

Emily Elizabeth Craig (born 30 November 1992) is a British lightweight Olympic champion and three-time world champion rower.

Craig has a BA in History of Art from the Courtauld Institute of Art and a MA in East Asian art from the Sotheby's Institute of Art.^[1]

Rowing career

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.^[2]

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.^[3]^[4] She won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the lightweight double sculls with Imogen Grant.^[5]

In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in Varese, Italy.^[6]

She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships^[7] and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.^[8] Craig then retained her titles at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled and the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.^[9]

Alongside rowing partner Imogen Grant, Craig suffered disappointment at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics,^[10] finishing half a second behind the gold medal crew and missing out on a medal by 0.01 seconds.

Olympic gold medal

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, again rowing with partner Imogen Grant, Craig won the gold medal in the same lightweight double sculls category.^[11]

References

↑ "CRAIG Emily". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. (alternate link)
↑ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
↑ "(LW4x) Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation.
↑ "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.
↑ "Olympics CRUEL Team GB's Emily Craig and Imogen Grant miss rowing medal by ONE HUNDREDTH of second, as Helen Glover bows out and Ireland end Olympic gold medal drought". Talksport. 29 July 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
↑ "Olympics 2024: Rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant claim Team GB's seventh gold medal of Paris Games". Sky Sports. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.

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v t e Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls
1996: Constanța Burcică & Camelia Macoviciuc (ROU) 2000: Constanța Burcică & Angela Alupei (ROU) 2004: Constanța Burcică & Angela Alupei (ROU) 2008: Kirsten van der Kolk & Marit van Eupen (NED) 2012: Katherine Copeland & Sophie Hosking (GBR) 2016: Ilse Paulis & Maaike Head (NED) 2020: Valentina Rodini & Federica Cesarini (ITA) 2024: Emily Craig & Imogen Grant (GBR)
Since 1984 and, after 1996 in non-Olympic years, this boat class has been a World Championships event; see World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls

World champions – Lightweight women's quadruple sculls

1997: (Christiane Brand, Nicole Faust, Christine Morawitz, Gunda Reimers)
1998: (Nicole Faust, Anna Kleinz, Christine Morawitz, Valerie Viehoff)
1999: (Molly Brock, Mary Angie Cummins, Sara Den Besten, Sherri Kiklas)
2000: (Maja Darmstadt, Michelle Darvill, Anna Kleinz, Karin Stephan)
2001: (Catriona Roach, Sally Causby, Amber Halliday, Josephine Lips)
2002: (Zita van de Walle, Marguerite Houston, Miranda Bennett, Hannah Every-Hall)
2003: (Li Quan, Deng Yanping, Tan Meiyun, Zhou Weijuan)
2004: (Wang Yanni, Deng Yanping, Tan Meiyun, Zhou Weijuan)
2005: (Tracy Cameron, Mara Jones, Elizabeth Urbach, Melanie Kok)
2006: (Yu Hua, Chen Haixia, Fan Xuefei, Liu Jing)
2007: (Bronwen Watson, Miranda Bennett, Alice McNamara, Tara Kelly)
2008: (Ingrid Fenger, Bronwen Watson, Miranda Bennett, Alice McNamara)
2009: (Lena Müller, Helke Nieschlag, Laura Tibitanzl, Julia Kroeger)
2010: (Lena Müller, Daniela Reimer, Anja Noske, Marie-Louise Dräger)
2011: (Stephanie Cullen, Imogen Walsh, Kathryn Twyman, Andrea Dennis)
2012: (Magdalena Kemnitz, Jaclyn Halko, Agnieszka Renc, Weronika Deresz)
2013: (Mirte Kraaijkamp, Maaike Head, Rianne Sigmond, Marie-Anne Frenken)
2014: (Mirte Kraaijkamp, Lisa Wörner, Maaike Head, Ilse Paulis)
2015: (Katrin Thoma, Leonie Pieper, Lena Müller, Anja Noske)
2016: (Brianna Stubbs, Emily Craig, Imogen Walsh, Eleanor Piggott)
2017: (Asja Maregotto, Paola Piazzolla, Federica Cesarini, Giovanna Schettino)
2018: (Wu Qiang, Liang Guoru, Chen Fang, Pan Dandan)
2019: (Giulia Mignemi, Greta Martinelli,Silvia Crosio, Arianna Noseda)
2022: (Ilaria Corazza, Giulia Mignemi, Silvia Crosio, Arianna Noseda)

v t e World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls
FISA championships	1984: (Elisabeth Fraas, Kirsten Jensen-Plum)
Official world championships	1985: (Lin Clark, Beryl Crockford) 1986: (Chris Ernst, Carey Sands-Marden) 1987: (Janice Mason, Heather Hattin) 1988: (Laurien Vermulst, Ellen Meliesie) 1989: (Carey Sands-Marden, Kristine Karlson) 1990: (Ulla Jensen, Regitze Siggaard) 1991: (Claudia Waldi, Christiane Weber) 1992: (Claudia Waldi, Christiane Weber) 1993: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe) 1994: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe) 1995: (Colleen Miller, Wendy Wiebe) 1997: (Angelika Brand, Michelle Darvill) 1998: (Christine Collins, Sarah Garner) 1999: (Constanța Burcică, Camelia Macoviciuc) 2001: (Janet Radünzel, Claudia Blasberg) 2002: (Sally Causby, Amber Halliday) 2003: (Marie-Louise Dräger, Claudia Blasberg) 2005: (Daniela Reimer, Marie-Louise Dräger) 2006: (Xu Dongxiang, Yan Shimin) 2007: (Amber Halliday, Marguerite Houston) 2009: (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou) 2010: (Lindsay Jennerich, Tracy Cameron) 2011: (Christina Giazitzidou, Alexandra Tsiavou) 2013: (Laura Milani, Elisabetta Sancassani) 2014: (Sophie MacKenzie, Julia Edward) 2015: (Sophie MacKenzie, Julia Edward) 2017: (Ionela-Livia Lehaci, Gianina Beleagă) 2018: (Ionela Cozmiuc, Gianina Beleagă) 2019: (Zoe McBride, Jackie Kiddle) 2022: (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant) 2023: (Emily Craig, Imogen Grant) 2025: (Zou Jiaqi, Fu Ling)
Since 1996, this boat class has been an Olympic event; see Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls

Olympic gold medal

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