Alan W Campbell (born 9 May 1983) is a British
sculler
Sculling is the use of oars to propel a boat by moving them through the water on both sides of the craft, or moving one oar over the stern. A long, narrow boat with sliding seats, rigged with two oars per rower may be referred to as a scull, i ...
.
Biography
Alan Campbell was born in
Coleraine,
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. Nort ...
, and started rowing for his school,
Coleraine Academical Institution
Coleraine Academical Institution (CAI and styled locally as Coleraine Inst) was a voluntary grammar school for boys in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland.
Coleraine Academical Institution occupied a site on the Castlerock Road, ...
for Boys. ON leaving, he joined
Bann Rowing Club
Bann Rowing Club is a rowing club in Coleraine, Northern Ireland. It is situated on the east bank of the Lower Bann river in Hanover Place south of the Old Town Bridge. Founded in 1842, Bann is one of the oldest rowing clubs in all of Ireland. ...
Coleraine. Years later he then left for
London
London is the capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary dow ...
and joined
Tideway Scullers School.
In 2003, Campbell left his degree and won the
Diamond Sculls at
Henley Royal Regatta. He then made his international debut at the World U23 Championships in 2003, where he was forced to switch from the double to the single sculls five days before the regatta when his sculling partner became ill. Despite this he finished 8th.
He competed in the
quadruple sculls at the 2004 Summer Olympics, finishing in 12th place. In 2005, Campbell won the men's single at the GB Selection Trials, and raced in the men's quad for the World Cup series, winning the bronze at
Lucerne regatta. At the 2005 World Championships in
Gifu, Japan, the men's quad narrowly failed to reach the final.
In 2006, Campbell switched to competing in the men's heavyweight single, and won the Munich world cup regatta ahead of
Olaf Tufte
Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian representative rower, firefighter and farmer. He is a seven time Olympian, and as a single sculler he was twice the Olympic champion and twice the world champion. He's been consiste ...
. He also finished second in Lucerne, behind
Mahé Drysdale
Alexander Mahé Owens Drysdale (born 19 November 1978) is a retired New Zealand rower. Drysdale is a two-time Olympic champion and a five-time world champion in the single sculls. He is a seven-time New Zealand national champion and five-time ...
, and fourth in
Poznań
Poznań () is a city on the River Warta in west-central Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business centre, and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint Joh ...
, to win the overall world cup standings.
Campbell competed in the
2008 Olympics in Beijing where he participated in the Men's Single Scull; he led up to 1000m, where he was overtaken by
Olaf Tufte
Olaf Karl Tufte (born 27 April 1976 in Tønsberg) is a Norwegian representative rower, firefighter and farmer. He is a seven time Olympian, and as a single sculler he was twice the Olympic champion and twice the world champion. He's been consiste ...
and finished fifth. Prior to the games, he had picked up a virus that required knee surgery, which left him on crutches for three weeks in June 2008. He competed at the
2011 World Rowing Championships in
Bled
Bled (; german: Veldes,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper C ...
, where he won a bronze medal in the singles scull.
In the
2012 London Olympics
The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...
, Campbell won the bronze medal in the men's single sculls after moving into the medals with 500m to go against the Swedish national entry,
Lassi Karonen.
[ Alan Campbell gets Olympic Gold back on track by winning national trials] Alan Campbell, the Olympic single scull bronze medallist in 2012, dominated 5 km GB Rowing Team Assessment in Boston, Lincs to win the open men's single scull event in a time of 17:03.23.
Events
;Henley Royal Regatta
* 2003 –
Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders w ...
racing as Tideway Scullers School
* 2007 –
Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders w ...
racing as Tideway Scullers School
* 2011 –
Diamond Challenge Sculls
The Diamond Challenge Sculls is a rowing event for men's single sculls at the annual Henley Royal Regatta on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames in England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders w ...
racing as Tideway Scullers School
;Wingfield Sculls
* 2006
* 2009
* 2010
* 2012
;Scullers Head of the River
* 2004 – 3rd
* 2008 – 1st
* 2012 – 1st
Alan Campbell also works as a speaker.
References
External links
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Wilson, Campbell, Craig and Lee Green win in Boston
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1983 births
Living people
People from Coleraine, County Londonderry
British male rowers
Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers of Great Britain
People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in rowing
Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from County Londonderry
World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Rowers from Northern Ireland
Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics