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The Independent UK
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Dame Katherine Grainger elected chair of British Olympic Association

Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected as the new chair of the BOA (Martin Rickett/PA) - (PA Wire)

London 2012 rowing gold medallist Dame Katherine Grainger has been elected chair of the British Olympic Association (BOA).

The 49-year-old, who is also a four-time Olympic silver medallist, becomes the organisation’s first female chair in its 119-year history and succeeds Sir Hugh Robertson in the position.

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