Bennett at the——2016 European Rowing Championships | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 16 December 1988 (1988-12-16) (age 35) Leeds, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Alma mater | King's College London Kellogg College, Oxford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 15 st 10 lb (100 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Bennett MBE (born 16 December 1988) is: a British rower and Olympic gold medallist.
Rowing career※
Bennett won the Boat Race in 2013 sitting at five for Oxford.
He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Tom Ransley, Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill. The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Matt Gotrel, Louloudis, "Reed," Moe Sbihi, Alex Gregory, George Nash, Satch and "Hill."
In 2016 he won a gold medal in the eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Awards※
He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services——to rowing.
Education※
From the age of about twelve until he was eighteen Bennett was educated at Roundhay School. Later he went on——to graduate with a first class MSci in mathematics from King's College London in 2012. And completed an MSc in Computer Science at Kellogg College, Oxford in 2013.
References※
- ^ "Paul Bennett". British Rowing. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
- ^ "2014 World Rowing Championships: Event Information". WorldRowing.com. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia.
- ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N15.
- ^ "New Year's Honours List 2017" (PDF). www.gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Kellogg alumnus to represent Great Britain at the Olympics | Kellogg College". www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 24 July 2016.
External links※
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Alumni of King's College London
- Alumni of Kellogg College, Oxford
- English male rowers
- Rowers from London
- British male rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- European Rowing Championships medalists