Alan Sinclair (rower)

Alan Sinclair (born 16 October 1985) is a British rower.[1]

Alan Sinclair
Personal information
Born16 October 1985 (1985-10-16) (age 35)
Inverness, Scotland
Sport
ClubLeander
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
2014 AmsterdamCoxed pair
2015 AiguebeletteCoxless four
2018 PlovdivEight
European Championships
2015 PoznańCoxless four
2016 BrandenburgCoxless pair

Rowing career

Sinclair is a member of the Leander Club. He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2010 Commonwealth Rowing Championships, in Welland, Canada.

He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Scott Durant and Henry Fieldman.[2] The following year he competed in the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznań winning a gold medal. 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 bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes.[3] He also competed in the men's coxless pair event at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing fourth in the Final.

He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[4]

Awards

He was the winner of International Rower of the Year at the 2014 Scottish Rowing Annual Awards.[5]

References
  1. "GB Rowing Team Biography". British Rowing. Retrieved 13 October 2015.
  2. "2014 World Rowing Championships: Event Information". WorldRowing.com. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  3. "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
  4. "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  5. "Scottish Rowing Awards 2014". Scottish Rowing. Retrieved 22 August 2017.


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