Richard Chambers (rower)
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Richard Scott Chambers is a British
rower.
Richard began rowing at the age of 14, at Coleraine Academical Institution
, under the coaching of Bobby Platt MBE. He competed for Ireland as a junior at the 2003 Home Countries in Cork. He then attended Oxford Brookes University
reading Construction Management. There he rowed for the university boat club, coached by Peter Haining
and Richard Spratley. It was there that he progressed into the Great Britain Rowing team.
In 2005, Richard attended the World Under-23 Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam, where he took silver in the Lightweight Men's Quadruple Scull. The following year he bettered this with a Gold medal and a world best-time in the under-23 Lightweight Men's Pair event with Christopher Bartley at Hazelwinkel (Belgium). He attended his first senior World Rowing Championships
later on that summer (held at Dorney Lake) in the Lightweight Men's Pair.
In 2007 he rowed in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Four, alongside James Clarke, Paul Mattick and James Lindsay-Fynn. Together they won the 2007 Rowing World Cup
Series, and went on to take the Gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Munich-Oberschleissheim. The following year the same quartet represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where they finished in fifth place.
At the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Karapiro, New Zealand, he won the gold medal in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Four, together with Paul Mattick, Rob Williams and Chris Bartley http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/rowing/9163416.stm.
Richard aspires to be a coach and following an injury in 2009, which kept him from competing at the World Rowing Championships, he coached up-and-coming GB lightweights.
On the 18 September 2009 Richard married Abigail Mary Buggs, who he met at Oxford Brookes University
, at St Ebbe's Church (Oxford). He is a committed Christian and currently attends St Mary's Church, Maidenhead
.
United Kingdom
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rower.
Richard began rowing at the age of 14, at Coleraine Academical Institution
Coleraine Academical Institution
Coleraine Academical Institution , styled locally as Coleraine Inst, is a voluntary grammar school for boys, situated in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland....
, under the coaching of Bobby Platt MBE. He competed for Ireland as a junior at the 2003 Home Countries in Cork. He then attended Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
reading Construction Management. There he rowed for the university boat club, coached by Peter Haining
Peter Haining
Peter Alexander Haining was a British journalist, author and anthologist who lived and worked in Suffolk...
and Richard Spratley. It was there that he progressed into the Great Britain Rowing team.
In 2005, Richard attended the World Under-23 Rowing Championships held in Amsterdam, where he took silver in the Lightweight Men's Quadruple Scull. The following year he bettered this with a Gold medal and a world best-time in the under-23 Lightweight Men's Pair event with Christopher Bartley at Hazelwinkel (Belgium). He attended his first senior World Rowing Championships
World Rowing Championships
The World Rowing Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA . It is a week long event held at the end of the northern hemisphere summer and in non-Olympic years is the highlight of the international rowing calendar.The first event was held in Lucerne, Switzerland in 1962...
later on that summer (held at Dorney Lake) in the Lightweight Men's Pair.
In 2007 he rowed in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Four, alongside James Clarke, Paul Mattick and James Lindsay-Fynn. Together they won the 2007 Rowing World Cup
Rowing World Cup
The World Rowing Cup is an international rowing competition organized by FISA . It first began in 1997 and comprises three regattas held throughout early summer. In each event points are awarded to the top seven finishing boats and an overall winner determined after the last world cup regatta...
Series, and went on to take the Gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Munich-Oberschleissheim. The following year the same quartet represented Great Britain at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, where they finished in fifth place.
At the 2010 World Rowing Championships in Karapiro, New Zealand, he won the gold medal in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Four, together with Paul Mattick, Rob Williams and Chris Bartley http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/rowing/9163416.stm.
Richard aspires to be a coach and following an injury in 2009, which kept him from competing at the World Rowing Championships, he coached up-and-coming GB lightweights.
On the 18 September 2009 Richard married Abigail Mary Buggs, who he met at Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes University is a new university in Oxford, England. It was named to honour the school's founding principal, John Brookes. It has been ranked as the best new university by the Sunday Times University Guide 10 years in a row...
, at St Ebbe's Church (Oxford). He is a committed Christian and currently attends St Mary's Church, Maidenhead
St Mary's Church, Maidenhead
St Mary's Church is an Anglican church in the centre of Maidenhead, England. It has a congregation of mixed ages and backgrounds. The church aims to "create a Christian family centred on Jesus as Lord and Saviour."-Buildings:...
.