Steve Trapmore

Steve Trapmore

Personal information
Nationality British
Born (1975-03-18) 18 March 1975
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sport Rowing
Club Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association

Stephen Patrick 'Steve' Trapmore (MBE) (born 18 March 1975) is an English rower and Olympic champion.

Trapmore won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as a member of the British rowing team.[1]

Steve started rowing at 15 at the Walton Rowing Club. By the age of 17 he was in the Great Britain Junior Team. As a senior athlete he trained with the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association.

He has also won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Championships as well as wins at Henley Royal Regatta and the Eights Head of the River race with Queen's Tower BC training out of the Imperial College Boat House.

On 26 July 2010, Steve was announced as having accepted the post as chief coach of Cambridge University Boat Club, to lead them into the 2011 Boat Race campaign.

References

  1. Profile: Steve Trapmore sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 12 December 2008)


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