Emily Craig
Rower // Lightweight Women's Squad
Club: University of London BC
Height: 173.00
Hometown: Mark Cross, East Sussex
Emily first discovered rowing through the British Indoor Rowing Championships at the age of 12.
After winning a silver medal she decided to go to her local rowing club, Bewl Bridge Rowing Club, and almost immediately set her sights on competing at the Olympics one day.
Emily first represented GB at the U23 World Championships in 2013 whilst studying History of Art, winning bronze in the lightweight quadruple sculls. After completing a Masters in East Asian Art in 2015, Emily joined the senior GB Rowing Team full time. She made her Olympic debut at the delayed Tokyo 2020 Games in the lightweight women’s double sculls, setting a World Best Time in the heats but missing the podium in an agonising 0.01 second photo finish, the picture of which has been on her wall as a driving force ever since.
Already a three times World Champion and two times European Champion, Emily became Olympic Champion at Paris 2024, in the Lightweight Women’s double sculls with Imogen Grant.
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Once she’s done ‘playing around’ in boats, Emily will look to pursue a career in her other passion – Asian Art.
On The Water
GB Competitive Record
| Year | Event | Result | Boat |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Olympic Rowing Regatta Paris, FRA |
LW2x | |
| 2024 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
LW2x | |
| 2024 | World Rowing Cup I Varese, ITA |
LW2x | |
| 2023 | World Rowing Championships Belgrade, SRB |
LW2x | |
| 2023 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
LW2x | |
| 2023 | World Rowing Cup II Varese, ITA |
LW2x | |
| 2023 | European Rowing Championships Bled, SLO |
LW2x | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
LW2x | |
| 2022 | European Rowing Championships Munich, GER |
LW2x | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
LW2x | |
| 2022 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
LW2x | |
| 2020 | Olympic Games Regatta Tokyo, JPN |
4 | LW2x |
| 2021 | World Rowing Cup II Lucerne, SUI |
LW2x | |
| 2021 | European Rowing Championships Varese, ITA |
LW2x | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
LW2x | |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED |
6 | LW2x |
| 2019 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
9 (3 in Final B) | LW2x |
| 2019 | European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI |
9 (3 in Final B) | W2x |
| 2018 | World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL |
5 | LW2x |
| 2018 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
LW2x | |
| 2017 | World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA |
5 | LW2x |
| 2017 | World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI |
6 | LW2x |
| 2017 | World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL |
4 | LW2x |
| 2017 | European Rowing Championships Racice, CZE |
LW2x | |
| 2017 | World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB |
LW2x | |
| 2016 | World Rowing Championships Rotterdam, NED |
LW4x | |
| 2016 | World Rowing Cup I Varese, ITA |
9 (3 in Final B) | LW2x |
| 2015 | World Rowing Championships Aiguebelette, FRA |
LW4x | |
| 2014 | World Rowing U23 Championships Varese, ITA |
6 | BLW1x |
| 2013 | Under 23 World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT |
33 (3 in Final F) | BLW4x |
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- Olympic Rowing Regatta
Paris, FRA - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2024
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Varese, ITA - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Varese, ITA - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2023
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Bled, SLO - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2022
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2020
- Event:
- Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN - Result:
- 4
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2021
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED - Result:
- 6
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Result:
- 9 (3 in Final B)
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2019
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- 9 (3 in Final B)
- Boat:
- W2x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL - Result:
- 5
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2018
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA - Result:
- 5
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI - Result:
- 6
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL - Result:
- 4
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- European Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2017
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB - Result:
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Rotterdam, NED - Result:
- Boat:
- LW4x
- Year:
- 2016
- Event:
- World Rowing Cup I
Varese, ITA - Result:
- 9 (3 in Final B)
- Boat:
- LW2x
- Year:
- 2015
- Event:
- World Rowing Championships
Aiguebelette, FRA - Result:
- Boat:
- LW4x
- Year:
- 2014
- Event:
- World Rowing U23 Championships
Varese, ITA - Result:
- 6
- Boat:
- BLW1x
- Year:
- 2013
- Event:
- Under 23 World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT - Result:
- 33 (3 in Final F)
- Boat:
- BLW4x
