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Angus Groom (born 16 June 1992) is a British rower. He is a silver medallist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has also won two World Cup gold medals, two World Cup silver medals, a World Cup bronze and European championship bronze.[1]
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| Born | 16 June 1992 Glasgow, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club | |||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
Groom began rowing at Durham University. From 2010 to 2013 he read for a degree in Natural Sciences as a member of Hatfield College.[2] In 2013, he was named as Team Durham’s Sportsman of the Year after winning all three BUCS Championship sculling events and helping Durham claim the Victor Ludorum for a tenth successive year.[3] He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.
He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo, Groom won a silver together with Harry Leask, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont in the Men's quadruple sculls.[5] Groom announced his retirement from international rowing after the Games to start a career as research scientist in medical science after studying at the University of Oxford.[6][7]
Groom also rowed for the Oxford University Boat Club. They ended Cambridge's run of wins in The Boat Race in his last race for the Oxford crew in 2022.[8]
References
- "Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Angus Groom retires from GB Rowing Team". British Rowing. 2 April 2022.
- "Dunelm Issue 02". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- "GB Rowing Team Profile". www.britishrowing.org. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
- "Angus Groom". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- "Olympics 2020: Silver medal for Durham graduate Angus Groom in historic rowing win". ITV. 28 July 2021.
- "Angus Groom: 'It is much harder to do the Boat Race than the Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2022.
- "Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Angus Groom retires from GB Rowing Team". British Rowing.
- "Oxford end Cambridge supremacy with victory in men's Boat Race on Thames return". Mirror. 2 April 2022.
External links
- Angus Groom at World Rowing
- Angus Groom at Olympics.com
- Angus Groom at Olympedia
- Angus Groom at the British Olympic Association
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