Catherine King
Squad
Boat Race Record
2019 Cambridge Women's Lightweight Boat
2021 Cambridge Women's Reserve Boat
2022 Cambridge Women's Lightweight Boat
2024 Oxford Women's Reserve Boat
2025 Oxford Women's Reserve Boat
About Catherine King
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
Lady Eleanor Holles Boat Club - Stuart Larner and Anna Blackstone.
What inspires you about sport?
Sport is a great way to challenge yourself, and push yourself to your limits. It’s also incredible to meet and train as a team and see how far you can develop over the season.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
I must have been about 10 years old (before I ever considered rowing!). I had been in London with my family and our train was going past Hammersmith station. Lots of people were getting off and we realised it was Boat Race day. It wasn’t part of our plan for the day, but we made a last-minute plan go and watch and found a spot on Hammersmith Bridge, making it just in time for the race! It was a great atmosphere with huge crowds on the bridge.
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
Definitely the race days - I’m very competitive and love to see how fast a boat can go on race day and put all the training to practice.
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
I think it’s making the most of the time in the day, organising and managing time effectively/efficiently both when working and training.
