GROOM Angus

Date of Birth: 16 Jun 1992

Age: 29

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.95/6'4''

Place of birth: GLASGOW

Birth Country:

Great Britain

Place of residence : HENLEY-ON-THAMES

Residence Country:

Great Britain

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Rowing	Men's Quadruple Sculls GBR Great Britain	2

Schedule

Start Time	Location	Event	Status
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Heat 1 #19	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Repechage 1 #57	Finished
	Sea Forest Waterway	Men's Quadruple Sculls Final A #85	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights

Olympic Games

Year	Location	4x
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	5

World Championships

Year	Location	2x	4x
2019	Linz, AUT	-	8
2018	Plovdiv, BUL	4	-
2017	Sarasota, FL, USA	7	-

European Championships

Year	Location	4x
2021	Varese, ITA	5
2019	Lucerne, SUI	3

Rank	Event	Year	Location	Result
1	Double Sculls	2018	Linz, AUT	6:11.24
2	Double Sculls	2018	Belgrade, SRB	6:09.08
3	Quadruple Sculls	2021	Lucerne, SUI	5:52.91
5	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Poznan, POL	6:07.67
6	Quadruple Sculls	2019	Rotterdam, NED	6:09.31

Legend
DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, EXC - Excluded

Occupation:

Science - Durham University, Great Britain

Languages spoken:

Leander Club [Henley-on-Thames, GBR]

Paul Stannard [national], GBR

Sporting relatives:

His father has represented British rowing clubs Manchester University BC, Agecroft RC and Barclays Bank RC. (britishrowing.org, 22 May 2016)

In late 2015 he underwent rehabilitation due to a spinal disc injury, keeping him sidelined for about six weeks. (hillingdontimes.co.uk, 01 Apr 2016)

He took up rowing at age 14 at Walton Rowing Club in Walton-on-Thames, England. (britishrowing.org, 22 May 2016)

His father advised him to take up rowing as he doubted Angus would have a future as a rugby player. "I liked it from the word go. It gets a grip on you. An eight goes 20mph, but it feels like 100mph. Whizzing along, not that high above the water, it feels like you're flying." (britishrowing.org, 22 May 2016; telegraph.co.uk, 21 Mar 2016)

British rower Katherine Grainger. "I was lucky enough to see Katherine finally get her Olympic gold medal [in 2012]. I remember coming away from that thinking, 'I want this'." (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Mar 2016; dailyrecord.co.uk, 03 Aug 2016)

He was named Team Durham's Sportsman of the Year during his final year at Durham University in 2013. (britishrowing.org, 22 May 2016)

General Interest

General
ROWING ON ICE
He said he enjoyed rowing in icy waters when he was a student at Durham University in England. "If you can row in awful conditions, you can row in anything. [It] makes you tougher. I went to uni in Durham, and I remember my first year there, it was minus 13 [degrees celsius] and the [River] Tyne was freezing all around us. We were rowing along and heard this cracking, and we realised we were surrounded by ice. [I] loved it." (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Mar 2016)

EARLY DAYS
After graduating university in 2013, with a degree in natural sciences, he decided to row full-time for Leander Club in Henley-on-Thames, England. Initially he had to finance himself, working part-time in a bar as well as tutoring local youngsters in mathematics and chemistry. After a year of rowing at Leander Club, he was disappointed not to make the Great Britain team, but he said missing out gave him a new determination. "My aim for the first year was just to survive, but after I came fourth in the [national] trials, I was little bit disappointed not to be put in a boat. It provided me with extra motivation." (telegraph.co.uk, 21 Mar 2016)

FURTHER EDUCATION
He has also earned a master's degree in stem cells and regeneration from the University of Bristol in England. (werow.co.uk, 13 Feb 2018; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2019)

Social Media

Legend

:: Silver Medal
:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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