Katherine Grainger

‘Beautifully written’ * Independent. *‘The book is a testament to friendship’ * Observer. *‘As much about people as it is about the physical and mental challenges of world-class rowing’ * Financial Times. *‘What a brilliant book’ * Verite Sport. *

Dr Katherine Grainger is Great Britain’s finest female rower and the most decorated one, too, with five Olympic Games medals (one gold), eight World Championship medals (six gold), and seven rowing World Cups. But Katherine is more than just a star on the water, she is highly intelligent, having earned an Honours law degree from Edinburgh University, a Master of Philosophy degree from the Glasgow University and, whilst training for the London 2012 Games, completed her PhD in Homicide at King’s College, London. Katherine’s decision not to retire, but to set herself the massive challenge of competing at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, and win a fourth silver medal, is further proof that she is a very special person. She lives in Maidenhead, close to the River Thames.