{{short description|British rower}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}} {{Use British English|date=December 2012}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Katie Greves | image = | caption = | fullname = Catherine Rose Greves | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|9|2|df=y}} | birth_place = London | death_date = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | death_place = | nationality = British | education = | alma_mater = | headercolor = lightsteelblue | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Women's rowing }} {{MedalCountry| {{GBR2}} }} {{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }} {{MedalSilver|2016 Rio de Janeiro|W8+}} {{MedalCompetition | World Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2011 Bled | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2007 Munich | W8+}} {{MedalCompetition | European Championships}} {{MedalGold | 2016 Brandenburg | W8+}} {{MedalSilver | 2014 Belgrade | W8+}} {{MedalCompetition | World Cup}} {{MedalSilver | 2016 Poznan | W8+}} {{MedalSilver | 2016 Lucerne | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Lucerne | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2015 Varese | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Lucerne | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2014 Aiguebelette | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Munich | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2012 Belgrade | W8+}} {{MedalSilver | 2011 Munich | W8+}} {{MedalSilver | 2009 Munich | W4x}} {{MedalGold | 2009 Banyoles | W4x}} {{MedalBronze | 2008 Poznan | W8+}} {{MedalSilver | 2007 Linz | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2006 Poznan | W8+}} {{MedalBronze | 2005 Lucerne | W2-}} {{MedalBronze | 2005 Eton Dorney | W8+}} {{MedalCompetition | World U23 Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2003 Belgrade | BW2-}} {{MedalCompetition | World Junior Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 1999 Plovdiv | JW4-}} {{MedalSport | Women's Cycling Time Trial }} {{MedalCompetition | RTCC National Championship}} {{MedalBronze | 2017 Cleveland | 50 mile}} }}
'''Catherine Rose Greves''', also known as '''Katie Greves''' (born 2 September 1982, London), is an Olympic Games silver medallist British rower, triple Olympian and former European Champion.
==Rowing career== Smaller than many of her competitors, Greves was known amongst peers for her outstanding technical proficiency and race-craft. She represented Headington School Oxford Boat Club and then University of London Boat Club whilst studying, followed by Leander Club for the majority of her international career. She is a life member of Wallingford Rowing Club. Her sister, Caroline, rowed at bow for Osiris in the 2015 reserve Women's Boat Race, and in winning became the first woman in history to cross the finish line of The Championship Course on the Tideway.
===Olympic Games=== Having come fifth at both the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, she rowed at bow in the Team GB crew that won an historic silver medal in the women's eight at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rio Olympics 2016: Great Britain eight win historic medal|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36688098|date=13 August 2016|publisher=BBC Sport|accessdate=13 August 2016}}</ref> This was the first Olympic medal that Team GB had ever won in this category.
===World Championships=== She was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where she won a bronze medal as part of the eight with Alison Knowles, Jo Cook, Jessica Eddie, Louisa Reeve, Natasha Page, Lindsey Maguire, Victoria Thornley and Caroline O'Connor.<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 World Rowing Championships |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/ |website=WorldRowing.com |publisher=World Rowing Federation |accessdate=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319205128/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/ |archive-date=19 March 2016 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Greves was an English teacher at St Edward's School, Oxford. A year after retirement from the sport, she (along with Debbie Flood) rowed in the Qualifying Races for the Princess Grace Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta with two 15-year-old students from Sir William Perkins's School to inspire the next generation of women rowers.<ref>{{cite news|title=Olympians Greves and Flood to row with juniors in Henley Royal Regatta qualifying|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2017/06/wsw2017-olympians-greves-and-flood-to-row-with-juniors-in-henley-royal-regatta-qualifying/|date=23 June 2017|access-date=5 August 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403052929/https://www.britishrowing.org/2017/06/wsw2017-olympians-greves-and-flood-to-row-with-juniors-in-henley-royal-regatta-qualifying/|archive-date=3 April 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Two days later, Greves competed at the Cycling Time Trials National 50mile Time Trial Championships in Teesside, winning the bronze medal at her first major championships in the sport.<ref>{{cite news |title=Allan Claims Maiden National Title in Yorkshire| url=https://www.cyclingtimetrials.org.uk/race-report/15386#anchor |date=25 June 2017}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{FISA|12981}}
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