Alex Greaney Explained

Alex Greaney
Nationality:	British
Birth Date:	1975
Weight:	55kg
Sport:	Rowing
Collegeteam:	St Edmund Hall Boat Club
Club:	Oxford University Boat Club

Peter Alexander Greaney (born 1975) is a former University Boat Race cox.

Profile

Whilst in education at Abingdon School he gained colours for the Abingdon School Boat Club and became a Great Britain Junior International in 1993. After leaving Abingdon in 1994 he attended St Edmund Hall, Oxford at the University of Oxford studying Metallurgy and joined the St Edmund Hall Boat Club.^[1] He is currently Assistant Professor of Materials Science at the Department of Mechanical, Industrial & Manufacturing Engineering atOregon State University.^[2]

Rowing

In 1997 he was selected as the cox for the Oxford dark blue boat at the world renowned Boat Race but finished on the losing side.^[3] A second appearance as cox in 1998 ensued but Oxford once again lost.^[4]

See also

• List of Old Abingdonians

Notes and References

1. Web site: Oxford 1997: Who's Who. Regatta Online.
2. Web site: P.Alex Greaney. Computational Materials Research Group. 2016-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20160821203423/http://research.engr.oregonstate.edu/greaney/content/group-members/alex-greaney. 2016-08-21. dead.
3. Web site: Crews. Oxford University Boat Club. 2016-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150512044934/http://www.oubc.org.uk/crews. 2015-05-12. dead.
4. Web site: Boat race: A bolt from Light Blues. https://web.archive.org/web/20160819041701/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/boat-race-a-bolt-from-light-blues-1153236.html . 2016-08-19 . limited . live. The Independent.