Jonny Searle

Jonathan "Jonny" William C. Searle MBE (born 8 May 1969) is a British rower. Along with his brother Gregory, and coxswain Garry Herbert, Searle won the gold medal in the coxed pair event at the Olympic Games in Barcelona.

Jonny Searle
Personal information
Born8 May 1969 (1969-05-08) (age 51)
Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom
EducationHampton School
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
RelativesGreg Searle (brother)
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
1992 Barcelona Coxed pair
1996 Atlanta Coxless four
World Rowing Championships
1993 Racice Coxed pair
1995 Tampere Coxless four
1999 St. Catharines Coxed four
1989 Bled Eight
1991 Vienna Eight
1994 Indianapolis Coxless four
World Rowing Junior Championships
1987 Cologne Coxless four
1986 Roudnice Coxless four

Searle is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the coxed pairs event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics with his brother Greg Searle. He also won a World Championships gold medal in 1993. In the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, he finished third in the coxless four event.

Searle has retired from high performance rowing, but still trains at Molesey Boat Club.

He is a steward of Henley Royal Regatta.

Searle has two sons, Kit and Jake.

Early life

Searle was born in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey. He was educated at Hampton School and Christ Church, Oxford.

Whilst at Oxford University, he competed in the Boat Race in 1988, 1989, and 1990. Oxford triumphed in all three races. Searle was President of the Oxford University Boat Club in the 1989–1990 academic year.

References
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jonny Searle". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.


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