Katherine Grainger Named As UK Sport Chair

23 Apr 2017 | tshego

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UK Sport has announced Dame Katherine Grainger as its new chair of elite development.

The Olympic and multiple world rowing champion and medallist at five different Games, has been chosen ahead of Paralympic swimmer Marc Woods.

The 41-year-old will replace Rod Carr, who is set to step down after four years and will join UK Sport as it begins the implementation of a new Code for Sports Governance.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be appointed as the next UK Sport chair,” said Grainger. “I am also very honoured to be joining the team at UK Sport and building on the success and commitment to excellence that I have witnessed and enjoyed as an athlete. I’m also acutely aware of the many challenging issues currently within sport and I hope to play a role in addressing them.”

The sports minister, Tracey Crouch, added: “Dame Katherine is a peerless leader both on the water and off it. As one of our greatest ever Olympians she has an outstanding understanding of high-performance sport and through her educational and charity work has a proven commitment to inclusion.

“I know she will be an inspiring chair of UK Sport. I would also like to thank outgoing chair Rod Carr for his superb work at the helm of UK Sport over the past four years.”