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Paul Bennett MBE (born 16 December 1988) is a British rower and Olympic gold medallist.[1]

Paul Bennett

MBE

Bennett at the 2016 European Rowing Championships
Personal information
Born	16 December 1988 (1988-12-16) (age 33) 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)
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro M8+ World Championships 2014 Amsterdam M8+ 2015 Aiguebelette M8+ European Championships 2015 Poznan M8+

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.[2] 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.[3]

In 2016 he won a gold medal in the eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

Awards

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[5][6]

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.[7]

References

External links

• Paul Bennett at World Rowing
• Paul Bennett at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Paul Bennett (rower)

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[fr] Paul Bennett (aviron)

Paul Bennett, né le 16 décembre 1988, est un rameur britannique.

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[it] Paul Bennett

Paul Bennett (Londra, 16 dicembre 1988) è un canottiere britannico, vincitore della medaglia d'oro nell'8 con a Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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[ru] Беннетт, Пол

Пол Бе́ннетт (англ. Paul Bennett; 16 декабря 1988, Лидс) — британский гребец, выступает за национальную сборную Великобритании по академической гребле начиная с 2013 года. Чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Рио-де-Жанейро, двукратный чемпион мира, серебряный и бронзовый призёр чемпионатов Европы, победитель этапов Кубка мира, победитель многих регат национального и международного значения.

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