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Grace Elizabeth Sorrel Clough is a British Paralympic rower competing in the mixed coxed four event. She has won multiple gold medals at the World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cup alongside a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Clough was inducted into the Sheffield Legends walk of fame in 2016 and named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2017.
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