Tom Barras

Rower // Men's Squad
Date of Birth: 7th Jan 1994 (30 years old)
Club: Leander Club
Height: 192cm
Hometown: Staines

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2020 Olympic silver medallist Tom Barras first grabbed the attention of the rowing world with a fantastic bronze medal in the single sculls at the World Rowing Championships in 2017.

He started rowing at the age of 11 at Burway RC near Staines, under the tutelage of Jim Mathieson. His first international performance came at the 2011 Coupe de la Jeunesse where he was selected to race in the men’s single scull.  In 2012 he sculled at the World Rowing Junior Championships in the quad (JM4x), before joining the U23 team from 2014-2016 while studying physiotherapy at Cardiff University, where he rowed for the university club under the guidance of coach Ian Shore.

Tom won a bronze medal at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships in the double scull, and claimed the BUCS single-scull title in 2015.

At his first senior World Championships in 2017 in Florida, he took a number of impressive scalps, including New Zealand’s Robbie Manson and Croatia’s Olympic silver medallist Damir Martin, en route to his third place podium finish.

Moving into the quad for 2018, he came sixth at the European Championships before winning the gold medal at the Worlds. Back in the single for 2019, he finished out of the medals at both the Europeans and Worlds, but regained his seat in the quad in 2021, finishing fifth at the Europeans before the superb performance that saw the crew take the silver medal at Tokyo 2020.

In 2022, still in the quad, he finished fourth at the Europeans but then won another silver at the World Championships.

2023 has seen him in fourth at the Europeans again, still in the quad.

 

On The Water

GB Competitive Record

Year Event Position Boat
2022 World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
M4x
2022 European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
4 M4x
2022 World Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
1 (FB Final) M4x
2021 Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN
M4x
2021 World Cup II
Lucerne, SUI
M4x
2021 European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA
5 M4x
2019 World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
2 (FC Final) M1x
2019 World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED
2 (FC Final) M1x
2019 World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL
4 M1x
2019 European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI
1 (FB Final) M1x
2018 World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
1 (FB Final) M4x
2018 European Rowing Championships
Glasgow, GBR
6 M4x
2018 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
M4x
2018 World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
1 (FB Final) M4x
2018 World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
M4x
2017 World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA
M1x
2017 World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
1 (FC Final) M1x
2017 World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL
5 M1x
2017 European Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
4 M4x
2017 World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
M4x
2016 World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
5 BM1x
2014 World Rowing U23 Championships
Varese, ITA
1 (FC Final) BM4x
2012 World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
6 (FB Final) JM4x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
Position:
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2022
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Munich, GER
Position:
4
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2022
Event:
World Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
Position:
1 (FB Final)
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2021
Event:
Olympic Games Regatta
Tokyo, JPN
Position:
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2021
Event:
World Cup II
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2021
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Varese, ITA
Position:
5
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
Position:
2 (FC Final)
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Rotterdam, NED
Position:
2 (FC Final)
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2019
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL
Position:
4
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2019
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
1 (FB Final)
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
Position:
1 (FB Final)
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2018
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Glasgow, GBR
Position:
6
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Linz Ottensheim, AUT
Position:
1 (FB Final)
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2018
Event:
World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
Position:
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Sarasota-Bradenton, USA
Position:
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Cup III
Lucerne, SUI
Position:
1 (FC Final)
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Cup II
Poznan, POL
Position:
5
Boat:
M1x
Year:
2017
Event:
European Rowing Championships
Racice, CZE
Position:
4
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2017
Event:
World Rowing Cup I
Belgrade, SRB
Position:
Boat:
M4x
Year:
2016
Event:
World Rowing Under 23 Championships
Rotterdam, NED
Position:
5
Boat:
BM1x
Year:
2014
Event:
World Rowing U23 Championships
Varese, ITA
Position:
1 (FC Final)
Boat:
BM4x
Year:
2012
Event:
World Rowing Championships
Plovdiv, BUL
Position:
6 (FB Final)
Boat:
JM4x

Beyond the Boat

Tom is a qualified physiotherapist and works part-time alongside training. His family live in Staines, which is twinned with Mauritius – his favourite holiday destination, because of the lovely weather and beaches.

Given the chance to become any other sportsperson, he would choose to be Usain Bolt, who he admires for his ability to have fun without impacting on performance.

If stranded on a desert island, Tom would hope to be accompanied by a decent supply of tracksuit bottoms, Coca-Cola, and his phone. He relaxes on the sofa after training by watching Les Misérables or Olympus Has Fallen, and three of his best friends would be his ideal dinner party companions.

He is Lottery funded through UK Sport.