On the strength of his 2016 Australian President's Cup win Grant pursued and attained Olympic qualification at the final 2016 European Qualification Regatta at Lucerne. Grant was selected to race for Australia in the single scull at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He won his heat, placed in the quarter-final and finished in fifth place in his semi-final. He finished in third place in the B final for an overall 9th place finish in the Rio 2016 single scull competition.