We are delighted to welcome Olympic medallist Katherine Grainger to deliver the annual Gmelin Sport Lecture. Katherine is Britain’s most successful female rower, with silver medals from the Olympics in Sydney 2000, Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008, and a triumphant gold in London 2012, as well as six world championship titles. Katherine started rowing at Edinburgh University in 1993 and twenty years on has been appointed Commander of the order of the British Empire (CBE) for services to rowing. In addition, she has recently completed her PhD and written an autobiography, Dreams Do Come True. This event promises to be a compelling account of Katherine’s inspiring career so far.