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Tim Foster
MBE
Personal information
Birth name	Timothy James Carrington Foster
Nationality	English
Born	19 January 1970 (age 54); Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
Education	Bedford Modern School
Spouse	Joy Fahrenkrog
Sport
Sport	Rowing
University team	University of London Boat Club; Oxford University Boat Club
Team	GB Rowing Team
Coached by	Jürgen Gröbler
Retired	July 2001
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games
World Rowing Championships
	Updated on 5 March 2014

Timothy James Carrington Foster, MBE (born 19 January 1970) is an English rower who won a gold medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.^[1]

Career

He began rowing at Bedford Modern School and competed in the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1987 and 1988.^[2] In the latter he competed in a pair with Matthew Pinsent.^[1] He became the first British rower to win gold medals at two consecutive Junior Worlds. From there he proceeded into the senior squad.^[1]

In 1993 he underwent back surgery but was straight back in the boat for the 1994 season, winning Bronze in the coxless four at the World Championships.^[1] This boat stayed together until the 1996 Olympics, where they won Bronze.^[1]

Following his Olympic medal, he continued his university studies at Oxford, competing in the 1997 Boat Race.^[3]

In 1997 he won a seat in the coxless four alongside Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell.^[1] In the run up to the Olympics, he again needed back surgery and time off after severing tendons in his hand by punching a window at a boat club party.^[1] In August 2000, the month prior to winning gold in Sydney, a three-part BBC documentary entitled Gold Fever was broadcast.^[1] This followed the coxless four team in the years leading up to the Olympics, including video diaries recording the highs and lows in the quest for gold.^[1] Despite the problems Foster had had, he was in the final crew and they won the gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Olympics.^[4] He was awarded an MBE for his part in this in 2001.^[5]^[6]

After Sydney, he retired from international rowing, and retired as an active rower in July 2001.^[1] After a stint coaching at the University of London Boat Club, he joined the UK Sport-sponsored Elite Coach Programme in 2004.^[7] In January 2007, he became the head coach of the Swiss national rowing squad.^[8] He remained in this role until 2012, and now works as a business coach.

Personal life

At the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Foster proposed to Joy Fahrenkrog, a four-time member of the United States Archery Team.^[9] The pair met in 2000 while Joy was studying at the London School of Economics and rowing for the University of London Boat Club.^[9] His brother Jason was the team manager for the England Rowing Team and head of rowing at George Watson's College, Edinburgh.^[10]

Achievements

Olympic Medals: 1 Gold, 1 Bronze^[11]
World Championship Medals: 2 Gold, 2 Silver, 3 Bronze^[11]
Junior World Championship Medals: 2 Gold^[11]
Blue Boat Appearances: 1 (0 wins)^[11]

Olympic Games

2000: Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave)^[11]
1996: Bronze, Coxless Four^[11]
1992: 6th, Eight^[11]

World Championships

1999: Silver, Eight^[11]
1998: Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave)^[11]
1997: Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave)^[11]
1995: Silver, Coxless Four^[11]
1994: Bronze, Coxless Four^[11]
1993: Injured, did not compete in World Championships^[11]
1991: Bronze, Eight^[11]
1990: 4th, Coxless Four (with Martin Cross, Peter Mulkerrins, Gavin Stewart)^[11]
1989 – Bronze, Eight^[11]