Samantha Redgrave (born 18 August 1994) is a British

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. She won gold medals in the coxless four at the

2022 European Rowing Championships The 2022 European Rowing Championships were held from 11 to 14 August 2022 in Oberschleißheim, near Munich, Germany, as part of the multi-sport 2022 European Championships. The event constituted 19 events in rowing and 4 in pararowing. Medal ...

, the

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, and the 2022 World Rowing Championships.

Early life

Redgrave grew up in

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, moved to

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in her early teens and went to university in Norwich. She started rowing at the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a Public university, public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus university, campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and twenty-six schools of ...

in 2013, and rowed intermittently for the following few years while working in the Norfolk and Norwich hospital as an assistant practitioner. Her coach at the

Norwich Rowing Club Norwich Rowing Club is a rowing (sport), rowing club on the River Yare based at Whitlingham Boathouses, Whitlingham Lane, Trowse, Norwich and is affiliated to British Rowing. History The club in its current form was founded in 1972, follow ...

persuaded her to tryout for the British rowing team in 2018-19.

Personal life

She is no relation to Britain's five-time Olympic rowing champion

Steve Redgrave Sir Steven Geoffrey Redgrave (born 23 March 1962) is a British retired rower who won gold medals at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000. He has also won three Commonwealth Games gold medals and nine World Rowing Championships golds ...

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Sam Redgrave
at the

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* 1994 births Living people British female rowers Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Sportspeople from Newcastle upon Tyne Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century British sportswomen {{UK-rowing-bio-stub