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Why not look through this section for skill and knowledge development opportunities.
Knowledge
From personal challenges, tours and fund-raisers to regattas, heads and international competition – there are so many ways to enjoy rowing.
Events
The GB Rowing Team is the high performance arm of British Rowing. Rowing is the nation’s most continuously successful Olympic sport, having won a gold medal in every Olympic Games since 1984, and has won six Paralympic golds since the sport was introduced to the Paralympic Games programme in 2008.
GB Rowing Team
Rower // Para-Rowing Squad Date of Birth: 30th May 1998 (24 years old) Club: Molesey Boat Club Height: 187 cm Hometown: Hampton
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Ollie Stanhope is a three-time World Champion in the PR3 mixed coxed four.
Ollie started rowing at Walton Rowing Club in 2008 before taking up the sport at Hampton school in 2014. He raced in the Temple Challenge Cup at HRR in 2015 before moving up to the first eight to contest the Princess Elizabeth Challenge Cup in 2016. In 2017 Ollie raced with Molesey in the Thames Cup ahead of successfully breaking into the PR3 4+.
Get your blade in
What’s the most played song in your library?: Mercury- Dave
Favourite film / TV show?: Black Hawk Down, Game of Thrones
If you weren’t a rower, what would you be?: Coaching it, or staring at Buildings
What do you do in your spare time?:
Pretend to study for my degree, walk my dog or getting annoyed at Call of Duty.
Which sports teams do you follow?: Arsenal FC, INEOS Grenadiers and England Rugby
If you could compete in a different Olympic / Paralympic sport, what would it be?: Triathlon- tough sport with a lot of intricacy to it.
Who would be your four famous dream dinner party guests?
Eddie Jones, Luke Rowe, Jordan Henderson, The Queen
