1. Anna Watkins has won four medals in the World Championships, winning gold in successive years, in 2010 and in 2011.
15 Facts About Anna Watkins
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Anna Watkins was born and raised in Leek, Staffordshire, where she attended Westwood College.
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Anna Watkins studied Natural Sciences at Newnham College, Cambridge, where she started rowing in 2001.
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Anna Watkins took her first strokes with Newnham College Boat Club and was captain of lower boats and then secretary for the club.
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In 2005, Anna Watkins made her senior international debut with the Women's Eight, achieving a fifth place at the World Championships in Gifu, Japan.
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Anna Watkins won an Under 23 bronze medal at the World U23 Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.
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In 2006, Anna Watkins switched to sculling and began competing in the double scull, a boat class she has remained with since then.
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In 2010, Anna Watkins joined forces with Katherine Grainger for the first time.
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Individually, Anna Watkins became Champion of the Thames in the annual championships, the Wingfield Sculls.
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In 2011, Anna Watkins beat Grainger in the British Rowing Team trials.
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Anna Watkins retained her title in the Wingfield Sculls, setting a new record time.
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Anna Watkins was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2013 New Year Honours, for services to rowing.
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Anna Watkins announced in March 2013, that the couple were expecting their first child, due in September 2013.
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Anna Watkins gave birth to a boy which they named William James.
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Anna Watkins holds a PhD in mathematics from the University of Reading.