GRAINGER Susanne

Olympic Games

Year	Location	8+
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5

World Championships

Year	Location	4-	8+
2019	Linz, AUT	-	4
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	-	2
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	9	2
2015	Aiguebelette-le-Lac, FRA	-	3
2014	Amsterdam, NED	-	2
2013	Chungju, KOR	-	3

World Cup

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
2	Eight	2018	Lucerne, SUI	6:08.11
3	Eight	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:46.77
6	Eight	2019	Poznan, POL	6:38.98

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Singing, photography, baking, spending time with family. (rowingcanada.org, 09 Mar 2019; Twitter profile, 26 Nov 2019)

Athlete

Politics - University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA

English

Michelle Darvill [national]; Phil Marshall [national], CAN; Lesley Thompson-Willie [national], CAN

In 2011 she was diagnosed with hypothyroid disorder, a thyroid condition which can cause tiredness and a poor ability to tolerate the cold, which affected her ability to train and recover. She worked with doctors, who were able to find the right dose of medication to bring her thyroid levels back to normal, allowing her to continue competing. (olympic.ca, 21 Aug 2016)

In 2010 she sustained a rib injury during her second year at the University of Virginia in the United States of America. (virginiasports.com, 30 May 2013)

She began rowing at age 13 in high school. (rowingcanada.org, 09 Mar 2019; olympic.ca, 21 Aug 2016)

A family friend who was a high school rowing coach suggested she try it due to her height. "I went out, having no idea what rowing was, but he showed me the boathouse and taught me how to erg and it clicked from there." (worldrowing.com, 10 Jul 2014; virginiasports.com, 22 Mar 2012; olympic.ca, 21 Aug 2016)

She trains at the National Training Centre in Victoria, BC, Canada. (rowingcanada.org, 14 Jul 2019)

Canadian rower Andrew Todd. (worldrowing.com, 10 Jul 2014)

Her parents. (worldrowing.com, 10 Jul 2014)

"If it doesn't hurt at the end, you didn't do it right." (lfpress.com, 05 May 2015)

She was named World Rowing's Rising Star in July 2014. (worldrowing.com, 10 Jul 2014)