Trinity College is celebrating Olympic success after an ex-student clinched a gold medal last week, as multiple Cambridge alumni find glory on the Seine for Team GB.

Imogen Grant, who matriculated from Trinity in 2014, won Great Britain’s second rowing gold at the Paris Olympics in the women’s lightweight double sculls.

Grant is the first female alumna of Trinity to win an Olympic medal, having recently graduated as a medicine student.

Having never rowed before university, Grant claims she started rowing for Trinity’s boat club in exchange for two free drinks during freshers week. During her Trinity years, Grant was coached by Neil Talbott, who described the alumna as “truly outstanding”.

Trinity College celebrated Grant’s win on Friday by illuminating its gate in red, blue and white, and projecting the words “Imogen Grant Gold!”. Carpenters at the College also created a large wooden replica medal, which was hung on the statue of King Henry VIII, the College’s founder. A set of gold-painted oars are also pride of place at Trinity’s great gate.

Trinity said that senior carpenters Jon Squires and Adie Brown were “inspired” by Grant’s win, which led them to craft the replica gold medal using MDF, plywood and brass screws.

Commenting on the his handiwork, Squires said: “What better way to honour Imogen’s gold medal win than by trying medal-making ourselves?”

Dame Sally Davies, Master of Trinity, also said that the college is “extremely proud” of Grant’s achievement as she demonstrated “dedication, determination and resilience”.

Many more former Cambridge rowers have taken to the podium in Paris, with Peterhouse alumni Tom George and Ollie Wynn Griffith earning silver medals in the men’s pair rowing.

Team GB’s women’s 8, coxed by Homerton alumnus Henry Fieldman, won bronze on Saturday, with the gold medal-winning men’s 8 being coached by Hughes Hall fellow Steve Trapmore MBE.