Henry Fieldman Explained

Henry Fieldman
Nationality:British
Birth Date:25 November 1988
Country:Great Britain
Sport:Rowing
Event:Women’s Eight, Men’s Eight, Men’s Coxed Pair
Club:Leander Club

Henry Fieldman (born 25 November 1988) is a British rowing coxswain. He has been twice a world champion and is a two-time Olympic medalist.[1]

Rowing career

Fieldman competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal steering the coxed pair of Alan Sinclair and Scott Durant.[2] The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal in the coxed pair with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell and Matthew Tarrant.[3] [4]

In 2016 he coxed Oliver Cook and Callum McBrierty to another gold medal at the 2016 World Rowing Championships.[5]

He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, in the stern of the British eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant and Will Satch.[6] The following year he won another bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria in the eight with George, Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Tarrant and Thomas Ford.[7]

He coxed the British men's eight that won a bronze medal at theTokyo Summer Olympics.

In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese, Italy.[8] [9]

In 2022, he won the Grand Challenge Cup (the blue riband event at the Henley Royal Regatta), coxing for the Leander Club.[10]

He won a bronze medal as coxswain for the Great Britain women's eight at the 2024 Summer Olympics, making him the first person to win an Olympic medal in both men’s and women’s events.[11] [12]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Profile . British Rowing . 4 July 2023.
  2. Web site: 2014 World Rowing Championships: Event Information . WorldRowing.com . . 19 August 2020.
  3. Web site: 2015 World Rowing Championships results. World Rowing.
  4. Web site: 2015 World Championships - M2+ results. 7 October 2018. 4 September 2015.
  5. Web site: 2016 World Rowing Championships M2+ results. 7 October 2018. 27 August 2016.
  6. Web site: 2018 World Championship results. World Rowing.
  7. Web site: 2019 Eight results. World Rowing.
  8. Web site: Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final). World Rowing. 11 June 2021.
  9. Web site: Men's Eight Final FA (Final). World Rowing. 11 June 2021.
  10. Web site: Success for Brookes Rowing at Henley Regatta. Oxford Brookes University. 10 July 2022. 10 July 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220710155713/https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/news/success-for-brookes-rowing-at-henley-regatta/. dead.
  11. News: Watkins . Alistair . Gold and bronze help GB rowers claim record haul . 3 August 2024 . BBC Sport . 3 August 2024.
  12. News: Ames . Nick . Team GB rowers sign off with men's eight gold and end regatta on a high . 3 August 2024 . The Guardian . 3 August 2024.