Alex Gregory
British rower
Full name Alexander John Gregory Nationality British Born (1984-03-11 ) 11 March 1984 (age 40) Cheltenham , EnglandHeight 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) Weight 97 kg (214 lb)
Alexander John Gregory , MBE rower . He is a six-time world champion and a two-time Olympic gold medallist at 2012 and 2016 in the Coxless four .[ 1]
Education
Alex Gregory was educated at the Richard Pate School in Cheltenham, then Bredon Hill Middle School , a comprehensive school in Ashton under Hill , Worcestershire, followed by Prince Henry's High School in Evesham . He later attended the University of Reading in Berkshire from which he graduated in 2006.
Career
Born in Cheltenham , Gregory gained his first GB vest in 2004 at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Poland, finishing 11th in the quad.[ 2] [ 2] Leander Club , of which he was Captain.[ 2]
He was selected for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games as a reserve, having narrowly missed out on qualifying the men's quad for the Games.[ 2]
Gregory won the pair at the GB Rowing Senior Trials in his first season in 'sweep'. He established his place in the new GB four during the 2009 World Cup Series winning two golds and a bronze to take the overall 2009 title. He was the 'rookie' in the boat, racing with three experienced Olympians, all medallists from Beijing.
At the 2009 World Rowing Championships the four's main rivals were the Australian silver medal four from Beijing who had stayed together to avenge the GB victory at the Olympics. GB won the gold medal, almost two seconds ahead of Australia with Slovenia in third.[ 2]
At the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled , Slovenia , Gregory raced in the men's four with crewmates Matt Langridge , Richard Egington and Tom James , winning a gold medal ahead of Greece in second and Australia in third.[ 2]
At the 2012 GB Rowing Team Senior Trials held in March at Eton Dorney, Gregory and crew mate Alex Partridge came second in the men's pair.[ 2]
Pete Reed , Tom James and Andrew Triggs Hodge , who won gold in the four in Beijing, were all selected along with Gregory for the Olympic season. The four went on to win the 2012 London Olympic Games gold medal in the Coxless four at Eton Dorney .[ 3]
He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju , where he won a gold medal as part of the eight[ 4] 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan , Amsterdam , where he won a gold medal as part of the coxless four with Moe Sbihi , George Nash and Andrew Triggs Hodge.[ 5] 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Matt Gotrel , Constantine Louloudis , Pete Reed , Paul Bennett , Moe Sbihi, George Nash, Will Satch and Phelan Hill .[ 6]
Honours
In August 2012, to celebrate his gold medal at London 2012, post boxes were painted gold in his home town of Cheltenham.[ 7]
Gregory was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[ 8] [ 9]
On 20 November 2015, Gregory was named as "Olympic Athlete of the Year" at the GB Rowing Teams awards.[ 10]
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1904 : Stockhoff , Erker , Dietz , Nasse (USA ) 1908 : Cudmore , Gillan , Mackinnon , Somers-Smith (GBR ) 1924 : Eley , MacNabb , Morrison , Sanders (GBR ) 1928 : Lander , Warriner , Beesly , Bevan (GBR ) 1932 : Badcock , Edwards , Beresford , George (GBR ) 1936 : Eckstein , Rom , Karl , Menne (GER ) 1948 : Moioli , Morille , Invernizzi , Faggi (ITA ) 1952 : Bonačić , Valenta , Trojanović , Šegvić (YUG ) 1956 : MacKinnon , Loomer , D'Hondt , Arnold (CAN ) 1960 : Ayrault , Nash , Sayre , Wailes (USA ) 1964 : Hansen , Hasløv , Petersen , Helmudt (DEN ) 1968 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR ) 1972 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR ) 1976 : Brietzke , Decker , Semmler , Mager (GDR ) 1980 : Thiele , Decker , Semmler , Brietzke (GDR ) 1984 : O'Connell , O'Brien , Robertson , Trask (NZL ) 1988 : Schröder , Brudel , Förster , Greiner (GDR ) 1992 : Cooper , Green , McKay , Tomkins (AUS ) 1996 : Green , Ginn , Tomkins , McKay (AUS ) 2000 : Cracknell , Redgrave , Foster , Pinsent (GBR ) 2004 : Williams , Cracknell , Coode , Pinsent (GBR ) 2008 : James , Williams , Reed , Hodge (GBR ) 2012 : Gregory , James , Reed , Hodge (GBR ) 2016 : Gregory , Sbihi , Nash , Louloudis (GBR ) 2020 : Purnell , Turrin , Hargreaves , Hill (AUS ) 2024 : Best , Corrigan , Grady , Mead (USA )
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