GEORGE Tom

Great Britain
Rowing
22 Sep 1994
26
Male
1.95/6'4''
CHELTENHAM
 
Great Britain
HENLEY-ON-THAMES
 
Great Britain

Events and Medals

Discipline Event Rank Medal
ROW Rowing Men's Eight
GBR
Great Britain
 3 Bronze Medal

Schedule

Change
Start Time Location Event Status
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Eight Heat 2
#60
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Eight Repechage 1
#104
Finished
Sea Forest Waterway
Men's Eight Final A
#130
Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

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World Championships
YearLocation2-8+
2019Linz, AUT-3
2018Plovdiv, BUL-3
2017Sarasota, FL, USA5-

European Championships
YearLocation8+
2021Varese, ITA1
2019Lucerne, SUI2
2018Glasgow, GBR5

World Cup
RankEventYearLocationResult
1Eight2021Lucerne, SUI5:24.26
1Eight2019Rotterdam, NED5:47.82
2Eight2019Poznan, POL5:47.74
2Eight2018Linz, AUT5:28.18
6Eight2017Lucerne, SUI5:34.68

World Championships Under 23
YearLocation4-
2016Rotterdam, NED2


Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded
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Tom (row-360.com, 19 Jun 2020)
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Rugby [he supports Gloucester], football, literature, coffee, Shakespeare, art. (britishrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019)
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Athlete, Model
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Politics - Princeton University, United States of America
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English
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Leander Club [Henley-on-Thames, GBR]
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Steve Trapmore [national], GBR
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He learned to row while attending school at Radley College in Oxford, England. He was captain of the school's rowing team at Radley College and was also captain of the Oxfordshire county U16 rugby team. (britishrowing.org, 01 Sep 2019; goprincetonetigers.com, 01 Sep 2018)
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He was partly inspired by watching the Great Britain men's coxless four winning gold at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, but did not get into the sport until a few years later. "For the next few years it [rowing] was all on the back burner as I was playing rugby and doing other sports. Then when I started rowing, London 2012 was the turning point. I was rowing at school but never thought anything would come of it." (gloucestershirelive.co.uk, 11 May 2020)
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To win gold at the Olympic Games. (firstbeat.com, 29 Apr 2019)
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"A standard training week for us is pretty full on and typically consists of 18 sessions which vary in length from around 90-120 minutes. We will do a strength and conditioning, lifting session three mornings per week and will row at least twice every day. Finally, we will train every other Sunday too." (Instagram profile, 20 Jan 2020; firstbeat.com, 29 Apr 2019)
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Winning bronze in the men's eight at the 2018 World Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. (firstbeat.com, 29 Apr 2019)
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Coach Jurgen Grobler. (firstbeat.com, 29 Apr 2019)

General Interest

General
LOCKDOWN RECORD
During the COVID-19 restrictions in May 2020, he broke Mohamed Sbihi's indoor 2km British record while training in the shed at his parents' home in Gloucestershire, England. George's time of 05:39.6 made him the first British rower to break the 05:40 barrier. "I did have a moment afterwards where I thought about how everything I've done so far in my rowing career has been with the goal of winning the Olympics. To achieve something like this makes me actually feel like I'm on the pathway to doing that." Sbihi later reclaimed the record, clocking 05:39.4 in July 2020. "Tom and I push each other on and he's a big inspiration to me," said Sbihi. (eurosport.com, 30 Jul 2020; britishrowing.org, 19 Jun 2020)

STUDYING ABROAD
He studied politics at Princeton University in the United States of America from 2014 to 2018. "To go to Princeton was amazing. I am very fortunate to have been able to do that and it was rowing which made that possible." (gloucestershirelive.co.uk, 11 May 2020; LinkedIn profile, 01 May 2019)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
He works as a model with IMG Models. (Instagram profile, 15 Apr 2021)

Legend
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Bronze Medal
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Gold Medal Event
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Silver Medal Event
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Bronze Medal Event
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