Anna Watkins, born Anna Bebington on 13 February 1983, is a British rower who competes in the double sculls. She took up rowing at Newnham College, Cambridge, in 2001, where she studied Natural Sciences, and later rowed for Leander Club. With Elise Laverick she won bronze at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and from 2010 she partnered Katherine Grainger, with whom she won world titles in 2010 and 2011 and then the gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, after breaking the Olympic record in the semi-final. She was appointed MBE in the 2013 New Year Honours and holds a doctorate in mathematics from the University of Reading.
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A double Olympian, Watkins won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics, and a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, both in the double sculls. She has also won four medals in the World Championships, winning gold in successive years, in 2010 and in 2011.
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is a British rower
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won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics
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a gold medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics, both in the double sculls
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