Richard Chambers (rower)

Richard Chambers

British lightweight coxless four (Richard Chambers, 2nd from right) at the2012 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Richard Scott Chambers
Nationality	British
Born	(1985-06-10)10 June 1985 Coleraine,County Londonderry,Northern Ireland
Alma mater	Oxford Brookes University
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Event	Lightweight
Club	Leander Club
Medal record Men'srowing RepresentingGreat Britain Olympic Games 2012 London LM4- World Championships 2007 Munich LM4- 2010 Karapiro LM4- 2015 Aiguebelette LM2x 2011 Lake Bled LM4- 2013 Chungjiu LM2x 2014 Amsterdam LM4− European Championships 2014 Belgrade LM4− 2015 Poznan LM2x

Richard Scott Chambers(born 10 June 1985) is a Britishrower,and is the brother of fellow rowerPeter Chambers.At the2012 Summer Olympicsin London he was part of the British crew that won the silver medal in the lightweight men's four.

Biography

Richard began rowing at the age of 14, atColeraine Academical Institution,under the coaching of Bobby Platt. He later left Coleraine Inst and joinedBann Rowing ClubColeraine at the age of 16, and went on to represent Ireland in the junior pair at the 2003 Home Internationals in Cork with Stephen Feeney, under the coaching of Simon Hamilton (Bann Rowing Club).

He attendedOxford Brookes Universityreading Construction Management and rowed for the university boat club, coached byPeter Hainingand Richard Spratley. It was there that he progressed into the Great Britain Rowing team.

In 2005, Richard attended the World Under-23 Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam, where he took silver in the Lightweight Men's Quadruple Scull. The following year he won a gold medal and a world best-time in the under-23 Lightweight Men's Pair event withChris BartleyatHazewinkel(Belgium). He attended his first seniorWorld Rowing Championshipslater on that summer (held atDorney Lake) in the Lightweight Men's Pair.

In 2007 he rowed in the lightweight men's four, alongside James Clarke,Paul Mattickand James Lindsay-Fynn. Together they won the 2007Rowing World CupSeries, and went on to take the gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Munich-Oberschleissheim. The following year the same quartet represented Great Britain at the2008 Beijing Olympic Games,where they finished in fifth place.

At the2010 World Rowing ChampionshipsatLake Karapiro,New Zealand, he won the gold medal in the lightweight men's four, together with Paul Mattick,Rob Williamsand Chris Bartley.He was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the2011 World Rowing ChampionshipsinBled,where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Chris Bartley, Paul Mattick and Rob Williams.He competed at the2013 World Rowing ChampionshipsinChungju,where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight double sculls with is brother Peter.

He competed at the2014 World Rowing ChampionshipsinBosbaan,Amsterdam,where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four withMark Aldred,Chris Bartley and his brother Richard.

He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the2015 World Rowing ChampionshipsatLac d'Aiguebelettein France, where he won a silver medal as part of the lightweight double scull withWill Fletcher.

External links

• Richard ChambersatBritish Rowing
• Richard ChambersatWorld Rowing
• Richard ChambersatOlympics.com
• Richard ChambersatOlympedia