Emily Craig

Emily Elizabeth Craig (born 30 November 1992) is a British lightweight Olympic champion and three-time world champion rower.

Emily Craig

MBE

Craig at the World Championships in 2015
Personal information
Full name	Emily Elizabeth Craig
Nationality	British
Born	(1992-11-30) 30 November 1992 (age 32) Pembury, England
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Rowing
Event(s)	Lightweight double sculls, Lightweight quadruple sculls
Medal record Women's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2024 Paris Lwt double sculls World Championships 2016 Rotterdam Lwt quad sculls 2022 Račice Lwt double sculls 2023 Belgrade Lwt double sculls 2015 Aiguebelette-le-Lac Lwt quad sculls 2019 Ottensheim Lwt double sculls European Championships 2022 Oberschleißheim Lwt double sculls 2023 Bled Lwt double sculls 2021 Varese Lwt double sculls 2017 Račice Lwt double sculls

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.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3][4] She won a bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the lightweight double sculls with Imogen Grant.^[5]

In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in Varese, Italy.^[6]

She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the 2022 European Rowing Championships^[7] and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.^[8] Craig then retained her titles at the 2023 European Rowing Championships in Bled and the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade.^[9]

Alongside rowing partner Imogen Grant, Craig suffered disappointment at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics,^[10] 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.^[11]