Emily Craig
Craig at the World Championships in 2015
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 31)
Pembury, England
Height1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
Event(s)Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls
Medal record
Women's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rotterdam Lwt quad sculls
Gold medal – first place 2022 Račice Lwt double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2023 Belgrade Lwt double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac Lwt quad sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Lwt double sculls
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Oberschleißheim Lwt double sculls
Gold medal – first place 2023 Bled Lwt double sculls
Silver medal – second place 2021 Varese Lwt double sculls
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Račice Lwt double sculls

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

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.[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]

References

  1. ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
  2. ^ "(LW4x) Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final". International Rowing Federation.
  3. ^ "Gold for Pembroke Duo in 2016 Rowing World Championships". Pembroke College, University of Oxford. 1 September 2016. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  4. ^ "2019 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  5. ^ "Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ^ Woods, Mark (13 August 2022). "British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  7. ^ "World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day". BBC. 24 September 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2022.
  8. ^ "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.

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