Oliver_Wynne-Griffith
Oliver Wynne-Griffith
British rower
Oliver Henry Wynne-Griffith (born 29 May 1994) is a British rower.
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| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1994-05-29) 29 May 1994 (age 29) Guildford, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Eight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Wynne-Griffith won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[1] The following year he won another bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the eight with George, Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Tarrant Thomas Ford and Fieldman.[2]
He won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships.[3] In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese, Italy.[4] [5]
He switched to the coxless pair, where he teamed up with Tom George and 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 the 2023 European Rowing Championships and then followed this up with another silver at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, behind the same Swiss pair.[6]
- "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
- "2019 Eight results" (PDF). World Rowing.
- "European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
- "Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- "Men's Eight Final FA (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
- "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
