SAM REDGRAVE

Where learnt to row

I learnt to row at the University of East Anglia (UEA). My first proper rowing coach was Richard Hoare at Norwich rowing club who coached me to my first GB trials.

Education

I went to Tendring Technology College in Essex. Then went to UEA in Norwich where I then went on to work full time at the hospital and studied at City College Norwich.

Notable performances

Sam grew up in Gateshead, moved to Frinton when she was 12/13 and went to University in Norwich where she lived and worked for seven years.

Sam started rowing at the University of East Anglia in 2013 where she first fell in love with the sport. She rowed intermittently for the following few years while working in the Norfolk and Norwich hospital as an assistant practitioner until her coach at Norwich Rowing Club persuaded her to trial for GB in 2018/2019. Since then, she’s won multiple medals at World Rowing Cups, European Championships and Henley Royal Regatta in pairs, fours and eights.

With thanks to British Rowing for the biography

Won Duisburg international regatta in the GB development 8+

Won the Championship 8+ at Henley Women’s Regatta with the GB development squad

She became World Champion in the women’s four in 2022.

• At the Paris Olympics in 2024 she won a silver in the Women’s four with Helen Glover, Esme Booth, and Rebecca Shorten.

She is not related to Sir Steve Redgrave.