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Oliver Wynne-Griffith

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Oliver Wynne-Griffith
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born(1994-05-29)29 May 1994(age 30)
Guildford,England
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
EventEight
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Men'srowing
RepresentingGreat Britain
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2020 Tokyo Eight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2023 Belgrade Coxless pair
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Račice Coxless pair
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2021 Varese Eight
Gold medal – first place 2024 Szeged Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Silver medal – second place 2022 Oberschleißheim Coxless pair
Silver medal – second place 2023 Bled Coxless pair

Oliver Henry Wynne-Griffith(born 29 May 1994) is a Britishrower.

Rowing career

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Wynne-Griffith won a bronze medal at the2018 World Rowing ChampionshipsinPlovdiv,Bulgaria, as part of the eight withJames Rudkin,Alan Sinclair,Tom Ransley,Thomas George,Moe Sbihi,Matthew Tarrant,Will SatchandHenry Fieldman.[1]The following year he won another bronze medal at the2019 World Rowing ChampionshipsinOttensheim,Austriaas part of the eight with George, Rudkin,Josh Bugajski,Sbihi,Jacob Dawson,TarrantThomas Fordand Fieldman.[2]

He won a silver medal in theeightat the2019 European Rowing Championships.[3]In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight inVarese,Italy.[4] [5]

He switched to the coxless pair, where he teamed up withTom Georgeand in 2022, won a bronze medal and a silver medal, at the 2022 World and European Championships respectively. The following year in 2023, he repeated the silver success at the2023 European Rowing Championshipsand then followed this up with another silver at the2023 World Rowing Championshipsin Belgrade, behind the same Swiss pair.[6]

References

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  1. ^"2018 World Championship results"(PDF).World Rowing.
  2. ^"2019 Eight results"(PDF).World Rowing.
  3. ^"European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne".BBC Sport.BBC. 2 June 2019.Retrieved6 June2019.
  4. ^"Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final)".World Rowing.Retrieved11 June2021.
  5. ^"Men's Eight Final FA (Final)".World Rowing.Retrieved11 June2021.
  6. ^"Rowing - World Championships - 2023".The Sports.org.Retrieved18 September2023.
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