A rower who came out of a coma has won a gold medal at the Olympics in a nail-biting final.

Georgie Brayshaw, 30, from Wallingford, was part of Great Britain’s women’s quadruple sculls crew who pipped the Netherlands by just 0.15 seconds at Vaires-sur-Marne Nautical Stadium yesterday (Wednesday, July 31).

Georgie and team-mates Lauren Henry, Hannah Scott and Lola Anderson trailed the Netherlands from the start, and their dream of striking gold seemed to be over just metres from the finish line.

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But with one final British push the two boats finished side by side – and a photo-finish was declared on the TV coverage.

Cue nervous glances, inside boats and beyond to the stands, to the big screen where it was soon revealed that Britain had beaten the Netherlands by the tiny margin of 0.15 seconds.

Georgie, who is originally from Leeds moved to Wallingford with her fiancé Ashley four years ago to pursue her rowing at Henley's Leander Club.

Before the Olympic training schedule ramped up, she was also a coach at Wallingford rowing club for a season.

She said: “Amazing, I’m just landing.

“Never give up, from 15 when I had the accident to now, there have been so many things that haven’t gone right, trials that haven’t gone right, training sessions that haven’t gone well and I have just kept going and going and going.

“I never took NO for an answer and I will never take NO for an answer, I’ll always prove people wrong and that’s what I’ll do. Anyone that’s ever doubted me this is what I’ve done, and anyone that has ever been doubted this is what you can do too.

“You can get to the top as well you’ve just got to believe in yourself," she told The Yorkshire Post.

"I’ve still got more in me. Keep going. I can’t wait.”

The victorious British crew were presented with their gold medals by The Princess Royal, a former Olympian.

It was the perfect start for Team GB at the Paris regatta after failing to win a single gold in Tokyo three years ago.

(Image: Mike Egerton/PA)

Georgie had an incredible personal journey to get here.

Fifteen years ago, then aged 15, she was placed into an induced coma after a serious horse-riding accident.

With no memory of the incident, she spent a year paralysed down her left side.

“I could only use my right arm and only smile with half my face," she said.

She also had to learn simple things like running again, but not wanting to be different from her peers at school, she just pushed through.

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At university, she picked up rowing and soon joined the GB Rowing Olympic talent programme.

By 2023, the British women were world champions and heading into the Olympic Games Paris 2024 wanting to match that feat in a discipline GB had never won before.

And yet Georgie still has to manage the fall-out from the accident so long ago.

“I was quite weak on my left, or I just didn’t quite have control of my left-hand side," she said.

"It’s taken quite a lot of extra training to get those neurons firing properly but even now I notice the differences. But I just kind of accept myself as I am what I am."