Katie Greves

Rio 2016 Olympiad: 2013 – 2016

Greves was once again selected in the women’s eight at the start of the 2016 season and helped to secure an eye-catching gold at the European Championships in Brandenburg, with GB surging through to take the victory in a perfectly-judged race. Another thrilling late push at the Lucerne World Cup saw the GB eight go mighty close to overhauling the Olympic and World Champions from the United States and they won silver again at the World Cup in Poznan, this time behind New Zealand.

No British women’s eight had won an Olympic medal before but Greves and her crew mates ended that wait at Rio 2016. They took silver in a photo finish after an epic race that featured another trademark surge through the field in the second half.

Greves also raced in the women’s eight throughout the 2015 season, which started with a fifth-place finish at the European Championships in Poznan. The GB crew had looked well on course for a medal until a boat-stopping crab in the closing stages.

They hit back with impressive bronze medals at the Varese and Lucerne World Cups, twice going under six minutes at the first of those, before finishing less than a second shy of the podium at the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette. That fourth-place finish qualified the boat for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Greves had started the Olympiad in the eight that finished fourth at the Sydney World Cup. She also raced in a second GB pair with Jess Eddie and finished fifth before improving to fourth at the Eton Dorney World Cup. Greves returned to the eight for the rest of the season, finishing fourth at both the World Cup in Lucerne and World Rowing Championships in Chungju.

She raced in the eight throughout 2014, winning silver at the European Championships in Belgrade and bronze medals at the World Cups in Aiguebelette and Lucerne before finishing sixth at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.

London 2012 Olympiad: 2009 – 2012

After finishing fifth with the eight at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, Greves concentrated on sculling for the next two years and raced with the quad during 2009, winning gold at the Banyoles World Cup and silver in Munich. They then finished fifth at both the Lucerne World Cup and the World Rowing Championships in Poznan.

Her 2010 campaign was restricted to the World Rowing Championships in New Zealand, where she finished ninth overall in the single scull – a great performance by the team’s reserve.

She returned to the eight for the remainder of the London Olympiad and, after taking silver at the Munich World Cup, secured her second world championships medal with bronze at Bled in 2011.

Two more bronze medals followed at the Belgrade and Munich World Cups in 2012 before Greves and the eight recorded another fifth-placed finish at the London Olympics.

Greves learnt to row at Headington School, Oxford.

She was vice–captain of University of London Boat Club from 2003–4 and graduated with a degree in English literature in 2004.

Greves is Lottery funded through UK Sport.