Emily Craig (born 30 November 1992) is a British lightweight three-time world champion

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Rowing career

Craig was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at

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in France, where she won a silver medal as part of the lightweight quadruple sculls with

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and

Eleanor Piggott Eleanor "Ellie" Piggott (born 16 May 1991) is an English rower, who won a gold medal as part of the Great Britain rowing squad at the 2016 World Rowing Championships, in the Women's Quad sculls event. Rowing career Piggott comes from Bedford. ...

. At the 2016 World Rowing Championships in

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, 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. She won a bronze medal at the

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as part of the lightweight double sculls with

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. In 2021, she won a European silver medal in the lightweight double sculls in

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, Italy. She won a gold medal in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the

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and the 2022 World Rowing Championships, then retained her titles at the 2023 European Rowing Championships and the 2023 World Rowing Championships.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Craig, Emily Living people 1992 births British female rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Sportspeople from Pembury Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics 21st-century British women 21st-century British people