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Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography

Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography


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Katherine Grainger is not only Great Britain's finest ever woman rower, but also she has won more Olympic medals than any other female British athlete in any sport. At Rio de Janeiro in the 2016 Olympic Games, at the age of 40, and less than two years after coming out of 'retirement', with a different partner, she came within one second of retaining her women's Double Sculls gold medal. On 3 August 2012, on the water at Eton Dorney in the London 2012 Olympic Games, she and Anna Watkins had rowed to glory in the women's Double Sculls. Three times an Olympic silver medallist, she could finally hang up her oars as an Olympic champion to add to her six World Championships and eight World Cup gold medals but she didn't. Katherine's story is a remarkable one proof that nice people can be winners and dedication and hard work pay off. Incredibly bright, Grainger combined her athletic career with her education and she has degrees from Glasgow and Edinburgh universities and a PhD from London, in subjects as diverse as law, philosophy and homicide. No wonder she is so much in demand as a motivational speaker. Katherine Grainger: The Autobiography continues her inspirational story taking in her post-London activities, the return to training, finding a new double sculls partner in Vicky Thornley, the highs and lows of their attempt to qualify for Rio 2016 and eventually their astonishing row to another silver medal.

Table of Contents:
Foreword by Sir Steve Redgrave Let's Start at the Very Beginning The Wonder Years Decisions, Discord and Donuts Breakthrough at Sydney All Change Through the Pain Quadrupe Quandaries Chinese Burn Tapping into Phoebe The Right Fit Golden Days The Return to the Arena Silver Linings.

About the Author :
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.

Review :
'Beautifully written' 'The book is a testament to friendship' 'As much about people as it is about the physical and mental challenges of world-class rowing' 'What a brilliant book'


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780233004853
  • Publisher: Headline Publishing Group
  • Publisher Imprint: Headline Welbeck Non-Fiction
  • Height: 198 mm
  • No of Pages: 304
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: The Autobiography
  • Width: 128 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0233004858
  • Publisher Date: 20 Oct 2016
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 26 mm
  • Weight: 358 gr


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