Matt Gotrel
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Birth name | Matthew Anthony William Gotrel[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England | 1 March 1989|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matthew Anthony William Gotrel MBE (born 1 March 1989) is a British rower. At the World Rowing Championships 2014 in Amsterdam he was a member of the gold medal winning eight and this was repeated in 2015 at Aiguebelette. He won a gold medal in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[2]
Gotrel was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[3]
References
- ^ "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 62. Archived (PDF) from the original on 31 December 2016. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
- ^ "Matt Gotrel". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
- ^ "No. 61803". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 2016. p. N18.
External links
- Biography at britishrowing.org
- Matt Gotrel at World Rowing
- Matt Gotrel at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
Categories:
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Royal Leamington Spa
- British male rowers
- English male rowers
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic rowers of Great Britain
- Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Members of the Order of the British Empire
- British rowing biography stubs