 Craig at the World Championships in 2015 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Emily Elizabeth Craig | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 November 1992 Pembury, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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.
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, again rowing with partner Imogen Grant, Craig won the gold medal in the same lightweight double sculls category. [11]
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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 |
