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Interview with Olympic rower Katherine Grainger: Part 1

Sue Anstiss interviews Dame Katherine Grainger, who won five Olympic rowing medals, including gold at London 2012, and now sits as chair of UK Sport

Grainger (far right) competing at the 2008 Olympics

SA What are your earliest memories of sport?

KG I lived in this really lovely little neighbourhood in Glasgow. I had a big sister who was a year older than me at school, so I mainly tagged on with her. The back street behind our house was a dead end and we had loads of kids our age who lived in the same little street. After school every day everyone was out there running, playing football, hide-and-seek, rounders, anything. We just were always, always outside and active. School was really close to me and we also had a sports centre that wasn’t far to walk to. My sister and I were always taken to swimming classes or badminton. We were always doing some stuff. So I just remember sport being part of my life from a really early time.

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