Alan W Campbell (born 9 May 1983) is a British

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Biography

Alan Campbell was born in Coleraine,

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, 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

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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

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. 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

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, 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

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 –

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racing as Tideway Scullers School * 2007 –

racing as Tideway Scullers School * 2011 –

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

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Wilson, Campbell, Craig and Lee Green win in Boston
{{DEFAULTSORT:Campbell, Alan 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