Chris Bartley

For the 2010 World Cup Series, Chris raced in the lightweight men's four winning gold in Munich and Lucerne and silver in Bled.  This was an exceptional World Cup season for the four in a very competitive field.

Chris raced in the lightweight men's four at the 2009 World Championships in Poznan, winning the C-Final, after having competed in the four for the 2009 World Cup series where the crew made the A-Final in all three regattas.  Earlier that year he raced in a lightweight pair with Bob Hewitt at the 2009 GB Rowing Team Senior Trials, competing in the open-weight division, and finishing a creditable 5th in the A Final. 

Chris started rowing at King's School, Chester, aged 14 and rowed for Great Britain in the Coupe de la Jeunesse as a junior.  He continued rowing at the University of Nottingham where he completed a BSc in Biology and a MSc in Biological Photography, graduating in 2006.  He then moved to Reading to train with the senior lightweight squad at Caversham. 

In 2005, his first season of U23 trialing, he stroked the lightweight men's quad to a silver medal in Amsterdam.  He was the World U23 Champion in the lightweight men's pair in 2006 with Richard Chambers, and in the same year went on to race in the senior lightweight pair at the World Rowing Championships finishing 6th.  In 2007 he won a bronze medal at the World Championships in the lightweight quadruple scull. 

In 2008 Chris raced in the World Cup series in the LM2- taking 4th place in both Lucerne and Poznan, before finishing 12th at the non-Olympic World Championships in Linz-Ottensheim.

When not rowing Chris coaches Pembroke College Boat Club, Oxford and works freelance as a photographer.  He enjoys music and photography.  Chris's parents support his rowing fully and come to watch him whenever they can.

Chris is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.