Emily Craig
{{Short description|British rower (born 1992)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Emily Craig
| honorific_suffix = {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|MBE}}
| image = Emily Craig Aviron 2015 - World Championships - 59 (cropped).JPG
| caption = Craig at the World Championships in 2015
| full_name = Emily Elizabeth Craig
| nationality = British
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1992|11|30|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pembury, England
| height = 1.73 m
| country = Great Britain
| sport = Rowing
| event = Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls
| club =
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Women's rowing}}
{{MedalCountry|{{GBR2}}}}
{{MedalComp|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Paris|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalComp|World Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2016 Rotterdam|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Račice|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Belgrade|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalSilver|2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac|Lwt quad sculls}}
{{MedalBronze|2019 Ottensheim|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalComp|European Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2022 Oberschleißheim|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalGold|2023 Bled|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalSilver|2021 Varese|Lwt double sculls}}
{{MedalBronze|2017 Račice|Lwt double sculls}}
}}
Emily Elizabeth Craig (born 30 November 1992) is a British lightweight Olympic champion and three-time world champion rower.
Education
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.{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/emily-craig_1901048 |title=CRAIG Emily |work=Paris 2024 Olympics |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203065347/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/emily-craig_1901048 |archive-date=3 December 2024}} ([https://paris2024.rtve.es/es/paris-2024/atleta/emily-craig_1901048 alternate link])
Rowing career
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.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2015-world-rowing-championships/ |title=2015 World Rowing Championships results |publisher=World Rowing}}
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.{{cite web |title=(LW4x) Lightweight Women's Quadruple Sculls – Final |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2016-world-rowing-championships/lightweight-womens-quadruple-sculls/final/ |publisher=International Rowing Federation}}{{cite news |title=Gold for Pembroke Duo in 2016 Rowing World Championships |url=http://www.pmb.ox.ac.uk/news/gold-pembroke-duo-2016-rowing-world-championships |date=1 September 2016 |publisher=Pembroke College, University of Oxford |access-date=6 June 2017}} She won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the lightweight double sculls with Imogen Grant.{{cite web |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/assets/pdfs/WCH_2019_1/ROWWSCULL2-L----------FNL-000100--_C73.pdf |title=2019 World Championship results |website=World Rowing}}
In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in Varese, Italy.{{cite web |url=https://worldrowing.com/event/2021-european-rowing-championships/ |title=Women's Lightweight Double Sculls Final A (Final) |website=World Rowing |access-date=11 June 2021}}
She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships{{cite news |last=Woods |first=Mark |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/aug/13/british-rowing-bounces-back-with-four-golds-in-european-championships |title=British rowing bounces back with four golds in European Championships |work=The Guardian |date=13 August 2022 |accessdate=25 September 2022}} and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/rowing/63021883 |title=World Rowing Championships: GB win four golds on penultimate day |work=BBC |date=24 September 2022 |accessdate=25 September 2022}} Craig then retained her titles at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled and the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.{{cite web |url=https://www.the-sports.org/rowing-world-championships-results-2023-men-epm110899.html |title=Rowing - World Championships - 2023 |website=The Sports.org |access-date=18 September 2023}}
Alongside rowing partner Imogen Grant, Craig suffered disappointment at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics,{{cite news |url=https://talksport.com/olympics/918482/olympics-tokyo-2020-team-gb-rowing-craig-grant-ireland-glover/ |title=Olympics CRUEL Team GB's Emily Craig and Imogen Grant miss rowing medal by ONE HUNDREDTH of second, as Helen Glover bows out and Ireland end Olympic gold medal drought |work=Talksport |date=29 July 2021 |accessdate=2 August 2024}} finishing half a second behind the gold medal crew and missing out on a medal by 0.01 seconds.
=Olympic gold medal=
At the 2024 Paris Olympics, again rowing with partner Imogen Grant, Craig won the gold medal in the same lightweight double sculls category.{{cite news |url=https://www.skysports.com/olympics/news/15234/13189230/olympics-2024-rowers-emily-craig-and-imogen-grant-claim-team-gbs-seventh-gold-medal-of-paris-games |title=Olympics 2024: Rowers Emily Craig and Imogen Grant claim Team GB's seventh gold medal of Paris Games |work=Sky Sports |date=2 August 2024 |accessdate=2 August 2024}}
References
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External links
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- {{World Rowing}}
- [https://www.britishrowing.org/athlete/emily-craig/ Emily Craig MBE] at British Rowing
- {{Team GB}}
- {{Olympics.com|emily-craig}}
- {{Olympedia}}
- {{Instagram}}
{{Olympic champions – Women's lightweight double sculls}}
{{World champions – Lightweight women's quadruple sculls}}
{{World champions – Lightweight women's double sculls}}
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Category:British female rowers
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic rowers for Great Britain
Category:Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Category:Members of the Order of the British Empire