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Thomas Matthew Ransley MBE[1] (born 6 September 1985) is a retired British rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the eight, was twice a World Champion and in 2015 was the European Champion in the men's coxless four.[2]

Tom Ransley

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Matthew Ransley
Born	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 (age 36) Ashford, Kent, England
Alma mater	University of York University of Cambridge
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight 2012 London Eight World Championships 2013 Chungju Eight 2014 Amsterdam Eight 2010 Karapiro Eight 2011 Bled Eight 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless four 2018 Plovdiv Eight European Championships 2015 Poznan Coxless four 2016 Brandenburg Eight

Early life

Ransley attended Dulwich Preparatory School in Cranbrook, Kent. Following this, he went to The King's School, Canterbury and then went into higher education at the University of York and the University of Cambridge.

Rowing career and achievements

Ransley was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Cameron Nichol, James Foad, Alex Partridge, Moe Sbihi, Greg Searle, Daniel Ritchie and Phelan Hill.[3]

Ransley competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Daniel Ritchie, Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Moe Sbihi, Andrew Triggs Hodge, George Nash, Will Satch and Phelan Hill.[4] The following year 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, Paul Bennett, Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill.[5]

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 bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes.[6] He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with Alan Sinclair, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[7]

Ransley was set to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, but after the postponement of the games he announced his retirement from international rowing in April 2020.[8]

Olympic Games

• 2012 London – Bronze, Men's Eight
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro – Gold, Men's Eight

World Championships

• 2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's eight
• 2011 Bled – Silver, Men's eight
• 2013 Chungju – Gold, Men's eight
• 2014 Amsterdam – Gold, Men's eight
• 2015 Aiguebelette – Bronze, Men's coxless four
• 2018 Plovdiv – Bronze, Men's eight

World Cups

• 2009 Banyoles – Bronze, Eight
• 2009 Munich – Bronze, Eight
• 2011 Munich – Silver, Eight
• 2011 Lucerne – Bronze, Eight
• 2012 Belgrade – Silver, Eight
• 2012 Lucerne – Silver, Eight
• 2012 Munich – Bronze, Eight

World University Rowing Championships

• 2008 Bronze – Coxless four

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom Ransley.

• Tom Ransley at British Rowing
• Tom Ransley at World Rowing
• Tom Ransley at the International Olympic Committee
• Tom Ransley at Olympedia

На других языках

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- [en] Tom Ransley

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[fr] Tom Ransley

Tom Ransley, né le 6 septembre 1985 à Ashford, est un rameur d'aviron britannique. Il a fait partie de l'équipe britannique médaillée de bronze en huit aux Jeux olympiques de 2012[1].

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[it] Tom Ransley

Thomas “Tom” Ransley (Ashford, 6 settembre 1985) è un canottiere britannico, vincitore della medaglia d'oro nell'8 con a Rio de Janeiro 2016.

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[ru] Рэнсли, Том

То́мас Мэ́ттью Рэ́нсли (англ. Thomas Matthew Ransley; род. 6 сентября 1985[1][2], Ашфорд, Кент) — британский гребец, выступает за национальную сборную Великобритании по академической гребле начиная с 2007 года. Чемпион летних Олимпийских игр в Рио-де-Жанейро, бронзовый призёр Олимпиады в Лондоне, двукратный чемпион мира, чемпион Европы, победитель и призёр этапов Кубка мира, победитель многих регат национального и международного значения.

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