Grace Clough
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National team | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1991-06-21) 21 June 1991 (age 33) Sheffield, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Adaptive rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Position | Bow | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability | Erb's palsy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Disability class | PR3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Grace Elizabeth Sorrel Clough MBE (born 21 June 1991) is a former British Paralympic rower who competed in the mixed coxed four event. She won multiple gold medals at the World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cup alongside a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Clough was inducted into the Sheffield Legends Walk of Fame in 2016 and named a Member of the Order of the British Empire in 2017.
Early life and education
Clough was born on 21 June 1991 in Sheffield, England.[1] She was born with Erb's palsy and had multiple operations to repair nerve damage in her shoulders shortly after birth. While at school, Clough began playing sports as a basketball player and captain in Yorkshire. She also played on a football team at the University of Leeds while completing a degree in sociology.[2] She continued her rowing career while studying at Kellogg College, Oxford.[3]
Career
In 2013, Clough began rowing as a member of the Nottingham Rowing Club after being classified as a PR3 rower and completing training in Banyoles, Spain.[4] As a competitor for Great Britain, Clough won a gold medal in the mixed coxed four at the 2014 World Rowing Championships and 2015 World Rowing Championships.[2] Similarly, Clough won gold in the mixed coxed four events at the 2014 World Rowing Cup in Aiguebelette-le-Lac, France and the 2015 World Rowing Cup in Varese, Italy.[5]
In the following years, Clough won an additional gold medal in mixed coxed four at the 2016 Summer Paralympics and the 2017 World Rowing Championships.[6] In 2018, Clough won gold at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in the mixed coxed four event.[7] After the event, Clough took a year off to heal from a pelvic injury.[8] In 2020, Clough planned to become a physical education teacher following her post-secondary studies. With her transition to teaching, Clough ended her rowing career.[9]
Awards and honours
In 2016, Clough was inducted into the Sheffield Legends Walk of Fame.[10] In 2017, she was named a Member of the Order of the British Empire at the 2017 New Year Honours.[11]
References
- ^ "Grace Clough MBE". British Rowing. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ a b Hudson, Elizabeth (1 April 2016). "Get Inspired: From rowing novice to Paralympic hopeful". BBC. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Grace wins Gold at the Rowing World Championships". Kellogg College. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
- ^ O'Malley, Katie (7 September 2016). "Grace Clough: The Paralympian Who Went From Novice To Professional Rower". ElleUK. Retrieved 27 January 2018.
- ^ "Grace Clough – Rio 2016". British Paralympic Association. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Para rowing: 5 things learned in 2017". International Paralympic Committee. 8 January 2018. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "World Rowing Championships: Great Britain win PR3 mixed coxed gold". BBC. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
- ^ "Clough doubles down on Tokyo return". ParalympicsGB. 3 September 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
- ^ "Paralympic rowing champion Grace Clough announces retirement". BBC Sport. 11 September 2020. Retrieved 28 January 2022.
- ^ "Sheffield's golden girl Grace is new Sheffield legend". Sheffield News Room. 22 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
- ^ "Paralympians recognised with New Year's honours". International Paralympic Committee. 31 December 2016. Retrieved 28 January 2018.
External links
Grace Clough at World Rowing
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- 2003: (Jennifer Emerson, Julia Veness-Collins, Gene Barrett, Ben Felten, cox Susie Edwards)
- 2004: (Katie-George Dunlevy, Naomi Riches, Paul Askam-Spencer, Alan Crowther, cox Loretta Williams)
- 2005: (Alastair McKean, Naomi Riches, Katie-George Dunlevy, Alan Crowther, cox Loretta Williams)
- 2006: (Naomi Riches, Vicki Hansford, Alastair McKeanx Alan Crowther, cox Alan Sherman)
- 2007: (Kathrin Wolff, Marcus Klemp, Michael Sauer, Susanne Lackner, cox Arne Maury)
- 2009: (Vicki Hansford, James Roe, David Smith, Naomi Riches, cox Rhiannon Jones)
- 2010: (Anthony Theriault, Meghan Montgomery, Victoria Nolan, David Blair, cox Laura Comeau)
- 2011: (Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, David Smith, James Roe, cox Lily van den Broecke)
- 2013: (Pam Relph, Naomi Riches, Oliver Hester, James Fox, cox Oliver James)
- 2014: (Grace Clough, Pam Relph, Daniel Brown, James Fox, cox Oliver James)
- 2015: (Grace Clough, Daniel Brown, Pam Relph, James Fox, cox Oliver James)
- 2017: (Grace Clough, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, Oliver Stanhope, James Fox, cox Anna Corderoy)
- 2018: (Ellen Buttrick, Grace Clough, Oliver Stanhope, Daniel Brown, cox Erin Wysocki-Jones)
- 2019: (Ellen Buttrick, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, James Fox, Oliver Stanhope, cox Erin Wysocki-Jones)
- 2022: (Francesca Allen, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, Edward Fuller, Oliver Stanhope, cox Morgan Baynham-Williams)
- 2023: (Francesca Allen, Morgan Fice-Noyes, Giedrė Rakauskaitė, Edward Fuller, cox Erin Kennedy)