Andrew Lindsay
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Andrew Lindsay is a British competition rower
and Olympic champion.
Lindsay won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, as a member of the British rowing team.
Previously, Lindsay was a student at Brasenose College, Oxford
. He rowed in the Oxford blue boat
in The Boat Race
three times, and in The Childe of Hale, the 1st VIII of Brasenose College Boat Club.
Rowing (sport)
Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
and Olympic champion.
Lindsay won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2000 Summer Olympics
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
in Sydney
Sydney
Sydney is the most populous city in Australia and the state capital of New South Wales. Sydney is located on Australia's south-east coast of the Tasman Sea. As of June 2010, the greater metropolitan area had an approximate population of 4.6 million people...
, as a member of the British rowing team.
Previously, Lindsay was a student at Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, Oxford
Brasenose College, originally Brazen Nose College , is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. As of 2006, it has an estimated financial endowment of £98m...
. He rowed in the Oxford blue boat
Oxford University Boat Club
The Oxford University Boat Club is the rowing club of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in the early 19th century....
in The Boat Race
The Boat Race
The event generally known as "The Boat Race" is a rowing race in England between the Oxford University Boat Club and the Cambridge University Boat Club, rowed between competing eights each spring on the River Thames in London. It takes place generally on the last Saturday of March or the first...
three times, and in The Childe of Hale, the 1st VIII of Brasenose College Boat Club.