Grace Clough, born Grace Elizabeth Sorrel Clough on 21 June 1991 in Sheffield, is a former British Paralympic rower who competed in the mixed coxed four. She was born with Erb's palsy and had multiple operations to repair nerve damage in her shoulders shortly after birth. At school she played basketball and captained a team in Yorkshire, and she played football at the University of Leeds while completing a degree in sociology. She won gold in the mixed coxed four at the 2014 and 2015 World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cups, and a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. She was inducted into the Sheffield Legends Walk of Fame in 2016 and made an MBE in 2017.
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Grace Elizabeth Sorrel Clough (born 21 June 1991) is a former British Paralympic rower who competed in the mixed coxed four event.
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Grace Elizabeth Sorrel Clough (born 21 June 1991) is a former British Paralympic rower who competed in the mixed coxed four event.
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She won multiple gold medals at the World Rowing Championships and World Rowing Cup alongside a gold at the 2016 Summer Paralympics.
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