Chris Grube
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| Full name | Christian Grube | ||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Twiggy | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1985 Chester, Cheshire, England, UK | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 194 cm (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||||||
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Christian Grube (born 22 January 1985) is a British sailor who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, and 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France.
Personal life
[edit]Grube was born on 22 January 1985 in Chester, United Kingdom.[1] He is nicknamed "Twiggy".[2]
Sailing career
[edit]Grube competed alongside two-time Olympic silver medallist Nick Rogers in the men's 470 dinghy class in an attempt to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London but the pair were beaten out for selection to the one quota place in the British team by Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell who went on to win the silver medal.[3][4]
In 2013 he teamed up with Bithell to compete in the 49er skiff class and attempt to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4] In 2014, Grube teamed up with two-time Olympian Stevie Morrison and finished fifth in their first race together at the World Cup event in Melbourne, Australia.[5] At their next World Cup event in Miami in January 2014 they finished third.[2]
At the 2014 ISAF Sailing World Championships held in Santander, Spain Grube competed in the 49er class alongside Morrison. The pair finished 11th and were then dropped from the Royal Yachting Association (RYA) elite Olympic Podium squad.[6]
In December 2015, Grube paired up with Luke Patience in the 470 class. Patience had already qualified for the 2016 Olympics alongside Elliot Willis but was forced to find a new partner and requalify after Willis was diagnosed with bowel cancer and had to withdraw to undergo treatment.[7]
In their first event together, Copa De Brazil in December 2015 they took second, followed by a 5th at the 2016 470 World Championship in Argentina.[2][8] In May 2016 Patience and Grube were confirmed as the Great Britain team's entry for the men's 470 in Rio.[9][10]
Grube and Patience again qualified to represent Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 470 class.[11]
In March 2024, Grube won a silver medal in the mixed category at the 470 World Championships in Mallorca, Spain, alongside Vita Heathcote which, when combined with another British boat coming ninth, was enough to secure a last-minute qualifying for place for the 2024 Summer Olympics.[12][13] Later that month Team GB officially confirmed the pairing's selection for the Games in Paris.[14][15]
References
[edit]- ^ "Chris Grube". Royal Yachting Association. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b c "Sailor Biography Chris Grube". ISAF. Archived from the original on 11 October 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "London 2012: Luke Patience and Stuart Bithell picked in 470 class for Team GB". BBC Sport. 9 January 2012. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ a b Hope, Nick (17 January 2013). "Rio 2016: Stuart Bithell to partner Chris Grube in 49er class". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "New year, new teams set for Miami World Cup". Royal Yachting Association. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Anderson, Gary. "Five sailors dropped from British Olympic Podium squad following Sailing World Championships". insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Elliot Willis out of GB sailing team for cancer treatment". BBC Sport. 8 March 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Dempsey takes World Cup lead in Hyeres". Eurosport. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Lewis, Jane (4 May 2016). "Rio 2016: Luke Patience secures spot in GB Olympic sailing team". BBC Sport. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ Brown, Luke (5 May 2016). "Rio 2016: Luke Patience secures Olympic spot as Team GB sailing squad is finalised". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 May 2016.
- ^ "Elliot Hanson completes Team GB's Tokyo 2020 sailing line-up". teamgb.com. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
- ^ "Sailing: Great Britain win silver at 470 World Championships and secure place at Paris Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ ""It's unbelievable": Vita Heathcote seals dream Olympic qualification". Ealing Times. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Heathcote and Grube are 470 Team GB selection for Paris 2024". Sailweb. Retrieved 9 June 2024.
- ^ "Vita Heathcote and Chris Grube added to GB sailing team for Paris Olympics". Barking and Dagenham Post. Retrieved 9 June 2024.