Steve Trapmore
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Stephen Patrick 'Steve' Trapmore (MBE) (born 18 March 1975) is an English competition rower
and Olympic champion.
Trapmore won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2000 Summer Olympics
in Sydney
, as a member of the British rowing team.
Working with Sport Imperial, Steve is also Imperial’s Olympic Ambassador, which will involve engaging with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and other agencies in the run up to the 2012 Olympics in London. Imperial is bidding to host either the Youth Camp for the Games, a small nation’s training camp or individual team hosting.
Steve started rowing at 15 at the Walton Rowing Club. By the age of 17 he was in the Great Britain Junior Team. As a senior athlete he trained with the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
.
He has also won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Championships as well as wins at Henley Royal regatta and the Eights Head of the River race with Queen's Tower BC training out of the Imperial College Boat House.
On 26 July 2010, Steve was announced as having accepted the post as chief coach of Cambridge University Boat Club, to lead them into the 2011 Boat Race campaign.
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.
Trapmore 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.
Working with Sport Imperial, Steve is also Imperial’s Olympic Ambassador, which will involve engaging with the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) and other agencies in the run up to the 2012 Olympics in London. Imperial is bidding to host either the Youth Camp for the Games, a small nation’s training camp or individual team hosting.
Steve started rowing at 15 at the Walton Rowing Club. By the age of 17 he was in the Great Britain Junior Team. As a senior athlete he trained with the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association
Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association was formed in 1982 by a small group of elite rowers from the Trentside clubs in Nottingham UK. After 25 years of national and international success it was disbanded, in 2007....
.
He has also won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Championships as well as wins at Henley Royal regatta and the Eights Head of the River race with Queen's Tower BC training out of the Imperial College Boat House.
On 26 July 2010, Steve was announced as having accepted the post as chief coach of Cambridge University Boat Club, to lead them into the 2011 Boat Race campaign.