Oliver Cook

Oliver Cook
Personal information
Nationality British
Height 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Sport
Country Great Britain
Sport Rowing
Club University of London Boat Club
Medal record
World Championships
2016 Rotterdam M2+

Oliver 'Ollie' Robert George Cook (born 1990) is a British rower.

Profile

Whilst in education at Abingdon School he gained colours for the Abingdon School Boat Club eights. In 2007 he rowed across the English Channel to raise money for charity. After leaving Abingdon in 2008 he attended the London School of Economics.

In 2011 Ollie was part of the Row Zambezi Expedition. It was the first time anyone had rowed the 1,000 km of the Upper Zambezi, starting from near its source on the Angolan/Zambian border to Victoria Falls in Zambia. The Expedition raised over £25,000 for Village Water. He is currently studying for a postgraduate diploma in International Development at East Berkshire College.[1]

He is the brother of British rower Jamie Cook.

Rowing

In 2012 he became part of the British Rowing squad and was selected for the 2012 World Rowing U23 Championships in Trakai, Lithuania.[2] The following year he was part of the Men's Coxless Pairs at the 2013 World Rowing Championships with James Foad. The pair won the B Final.[3] He has won a European Bronze Medal in the Men's Eight at the 2014 European Rowing Championships.

In 2016 he won a Men's Coxed Pair gold medal at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan[4] before becoming a world champion in the Men's Coxed Pair during the 2016 World Rowing Championships in Rotterdam with Callum McBrierty and Henry Fieldman.[5]


References

  1. ↑ "Beyond the boat". British Rowing.
  2. ↑ "Oliver Cook profile". British Rowing.
  3. ↑ "2013 results" (PDF). www.worldrowing.com/.
  4. ↑ "2016 results". worldrowing.com.
  5. ↑ M2+ results
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