Intro

Henry Fieldman has coxed for the GB Rowing Team at all levels from junior through to the senior ranks

Fieldman won two successive World Championship titles in the men’s coxed pair (2015 & 2016) and had the distinction of coxing the only eight to beat Germany during the London Olympiad.

Following the retirement of Olympic gold medal winning cox Phelan Hill, Fieldman took control of the men’s eight through the 2017 season, culminating in a seventh-place finish at the World Rowing Championships in Sarasota-Bradenton.

 

On The Water

Rio 2016 Olympiad: 2013 – 2016

The 2016 season saw Fieldman first team up with Ollie Cook and Callum McBrierty in the men’s coxed pair for World Cup III in Poznan, Poland, where they beat Turkey to gold in a two-boat race. The trio continued their fine form at the World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam where, after winning their heat and semi-final, they stormed away from the field in the final to take gold by clear water.

His first GB appearance of the 2015 season was a memorable one as he coxed the men’s eight to a thrilling victory over Germany at the World Cup in Varese. The Olympic champions were overhauled in the dying stages as GB won by just two-tenths of a second.

He then coxed Mat Tarrant and Callum McBrierty to a convincing victory in the men’s coxed pair at the World Cup in Lucerne. Fieldman and Tarrant were joined by Nathaniel Reilly-O’Donnell for the World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette, winning gold by an impressive six-second margin.

The 2014 season had followed a similar pattern for Fieldman, who coxed the eight to a silver medal at the World Cup in Aiguebelette before switching to the coxed pair. This time he was joined by Alan Sinclair and Scott Durant, winning silver medals at both the Lucerne World Cup and the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam.

London 2012 Olympiad: 2009 – 2012

Fieldman coxed the men’s eight at the World Rowing U23 Championships from 2008 to 2010, finishing fifth on his first appearance before winning two bronze medals.

He concluded the 2010 season by coxing the GB 2 ‘super eight’ that won the E.ON Hanse Cup in Rendesburg by 18 seconds – the first-ever British winners of the Cup in Germany and the only crew to beat the German eight during the 2012 Olympiad.

Fieldman made the step up to the senior team in 2012 when he coxed the men’s eight to fifth place at the European Championships in Varese, just two seconds behind the winning crew from Poland.

His international debut had come at the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 2006, where he guided the men’s coxed four to gold.

GB Competitive Record

Year	Event	Position	Boat
2019	World Rowing Championships Linz Ottensheim, AUT	Bronze	M8+
2019	World Rowing Cup III Rotterdam, NED	Gold	M8+
2019	World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL	Silver	M8+
2019	European Rowing Championships Lucerne, SUI	Silver	M8+
2018	World Rowing Championships Plovdiv, BUL	Bronze	M8+
2018	European Rowing Championships Glasgow, GBR	5	M8+
2018	World Rowing Cup II Linz Ottensheim, AUT	Silver	M8+
2018	World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB	Silver	M8+
2017	World Rowing Championships Sarasota-Bradenton, USA	1 (FB Final)	M8+
2017	World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI	6	M8+
2017	World Rowing Cup II Poznan, POL	Bronze	M8+
2017	European Rowing Championships Racice, CZE	5	M8+
2017	World Rowing Cup I Belgrade, SRB	Silver	M8+
2016	World Rowing Championships Rotterdam, NED	Gold	M2+
2016	World Rowing Cup III Poznan, POL	Gold	M2+
2015	World Rowing Championships Aiguebelette, FRA	Gold	M2+
2015	World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI	Gold	M2+
2015	World Rowing Cup II Varese, ITA	Gold	M8+
2014	World Rowing Championships Amsterdam, NED	Silver	M2+
2014	World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI	Silver	M2+
2014	World Rowing Cup II Aiguebelette, FRA	Silver	M8+
2013	World Rowing Cup III Lucerne, SUI	2 (FB Final)	M8+
2013	World Rowing Cup II Eton, GBR	4	M8+
2012	European Championships Varese, ITA	5	M8+
2010	Under 23 World Rowing Championships Brest, BLR	Bronze	BM8+
2009	Under 23 World Rowing Championships Racice, CZE	Bronze	BM8+
2008	World Rowing U Brandenburg, GER	5	BM8+

More Info

Club: Molesey Boat Club
Boat: Men’s Squad
Role: Cox
Coaches: Phil Bourgignon, John West
Learnt to Row: Latymer Upper School BC
Original Club(s): Latymer Upper School BC
Original Coach(es): Bobby Thatcher, Don McLachlan

Beyond The Boat

Fieldman has a MPhil in psychology & education from Cambridge University and, during his studies, he coxed the Light Blues in the 2013 Boat Race. He would want his Cambridge fleece if stranded on a desert island, along with his cat and favourite pair of black jeans.

He has many hobbies, including making films and being a director is one of his two dream non-rowing careers, the other being a F1 racing driver – “probably one of the more ‘level-headed’ ones, perhaps Fernando Alonso or someone like that.”

His idea of a perfect post-competition meal is pasta with pesto and cheese, followed by red velvet cake and his ideal dinner guests would be “my two brothers and whichever parent is least annoyed with me at the time”.

Henry has heterochromia of the eye, meaning one iris is blue and the other is green.

He is Lottery funded through UK Sport.

Personal information

Current Address	Home Town	Region
Barnes	Barnes	London/Thames

Date of Birth	Height
25th November 1988	162cm

Education
Westfields Primary School Barnes, Latymer Upper School, Imperial College London, UCL, Cambridge University