Susanne Grainger
Appearance
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Born | London, Ontario, Canada | 30 December 1990||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 80 kg (176 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University team | Virginia Cavaliers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susanne Grainger (born 30 December 1990) is a Canadian rower.[1] She was part of the team that won the silver medal in the Women's eight competition at the 2014 World Rowing Championships.
In June 2016, she was officially named to Canada's 2016 Olympic team.[2]
She represented Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3] At the Olympics, Grainger won the gold medal in the women's eights boat, Canada's first in the event since 1992.[4][5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Susanne Grainger". Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Ewing, Lori (28 June 2016). "Canada announces 26-member Olympic rowing team". Canadian Press. Toronto, Canada. Retrieved 28 June 2016.
- ^ Dheensaw, Cleve. "Cycling injury during training could keep rower from Tokyo Olympics". Times Colonist. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
- ^ Nichols, Paula (29 July 2021). "Team Canada women's eight wins rowing gold at Tokyo 2020". www.olympic.ca/. Canadian Olympic Committee. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ Smart, Zack (29 July 2021). "Canada's women's eight rowing crew captures Olympic gold for 1st time in 29 years". www.cbc.ca/. CBC Sports. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Susanne Grainger at World Rowing
- Susanne Grainger at Rowing Canada
- Susanne Grainger at Olympics.com
- Susanne Grainger at Team Canada
- Susanne Grainger at Olympedia (archive)
Categories:
- 1990 births
- Living people
- Canadian female rowers
- Olympic rowers for Canada
- Olympic gold medalists for Canada
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Canada
- Rowers from London, Ontario
- Virginia Cavaliers women's rowers
- 21st-century Canadian sportswomen
- Canadian rowing biography stubs