Alexander Matthew Partridge (born 25 January 1981 in
San Francisco
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) is a British
rower
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, and an Olympic silver and bronze medallist.
Education
Partridge started rowing at
Monkton Combe School
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,
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, and attended
Oxford Brookes University
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to study
Technology Management
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. Double Olympic champion
Steve Williams, with whom Partridge won two world titles attended both the same school, and the same university, as did Rowley Douglas – cox of the British Rowing 8 at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
International rowing career
Partridge first made his mark at senior level in 2001. Having won a silver medal in the four at the World U23 Championships with
Christopher Martin, Henry Adams and
Dan Ouseley
Dan Ouseley (born 18 January 1979 in Paddington
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, the crew met the standard to gain selection for the coxed four at the senior World Championships in Lucerne. Having reached the final, they proved to be particularly strong in the final 500 m, rowing through the field to snatch the bronze medal on the line.
In 2002 and 2003 Alex raced in the Eight; the crew finished 6th at the World Championships, but stepped up in 2003 to win a bronze medal.
In 2004, Partridge won the GB Rowing Senior Selection Trials in the pair with
Andrew Triggs Hodge
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Education
Born in Hal ...
. This proved a headache for the selectors who had already shuffled the previous year's crews considerably, in the wake of
Matthew Pinsent
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Since retiring, he has worked as a sports br ...
and
James Cracknell
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Biography
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's disappointing 4th place in the pair in Milan. Until the trials Pinsent and Cracknell had been training in a four with Steve Williams and
Josh West
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, but following the unexpected trials result replaced West with Partridge. Hodge remained in the Eight. However, following the World Cup in Lucerne, Partridge was diagnosed with a collapsed lung and had to withdraw from the Athens Olympics; he was replaced in the coxless four by
Ed Coode
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Born in Cornwall in 1975, Coode boarded at Papplewick School and Eton College. He studied marine biology at University of New ...
, and the crew went on to win the Olympic final beating the Canadian 4- by just 0.08 seconds. Patridge, however, was first across the line; the crew had named their boat after him.
In 2005 Partridge returned to full fitness and regained his place in the men's four with Triggs Hodge,
Pete Reed
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and Williams, winning gold in the World Cups at
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, Munich and Lucerne and capping the season by taking gold in the World Championships in Japan. The 2006 World Cup brought further success with gold in all of the World Cup events in Munich, Poznań and Lucerne and another World Championship victory in front of their home supporters at
Dorney Lake
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The 2007 season proved to be far more disappointing; the previously unbeaten four was hit by injury, and although the full line up raced at the World Championships, they finished 4th – in startling contrast to their dominance of the previous two years.
In 2008, Partridge was replaced in the coxless four by quadruple Cambridge Blue
Tom James
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Background and early life
James was bor ...
. Instead Partridge spent the season in the Eight, winning a silver medal in the Olympic final in
Beijing
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He returned to the men's Four in 2009 and won gold at the World Championships in Poznań on 29 August 2009 alongside
Matt Langridge
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,
Alex Gregory
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Education
Alex Gregory was educated at the Richard Pate School in Cheltenham, then Bredon Hill Mi ...
and
Ric Egington. He was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the
2011 World Rowing Championships
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in
Bled
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, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with
Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell
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Biography
Junior
Started rowing age 12 at St Leonard's School, Durham. At the 2005 World Ju ...
,
Cameron Nichol
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Rowing career
Nichol was part of the British squad that ...
,
James Foad
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,
Moe Sbihi
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,
Greg Searle
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Career
Greg Searle is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the coxed pairs event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic ...
,
Tom Ransley
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,
Daniel Ritchie and
Phelan Hill
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.
At the 2012 London Summer Olympics, Partridge won bronze in the men's eight event. The race was very close, with Great Britain taking the lead at the 1000 m mark, but lost the lead to Germany and then ended up finishing in the bronze medal position due to a late charge by Canada.
Partridge's bronze Olympic medal was stolen while in London at a night club in October 2012.
Achievements
Olympics
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2008
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Beijing
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– Silver, Eight (bow)
*
2012
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London
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– Bronze, Eight (bow)
World Championships
* 2011
Bled
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– Silver Eight (four)
* 2010
Karapiro – 4th Coxless Four
* 2009
Poznań
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– Gold, Coxless Four
* 2007
Munich
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– 4th, Coxless Four (three)
* 2006
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
Eton may also refer to:
Places
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* Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2005
Gifu
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– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2003
Milan
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– Bronze, Eight (bow)
* 2002
Seville
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– 6th, Eight (bow)
* 2001
Lucerne
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– Bronze, Coxed Four (three)
World Cups
* 2012
Munich
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– Bronze Eight (bow)
* 2012
Lucerne
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– Silver Eight (bow)
* 2012
Belgrade
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– Silver Eight (bow)
* 2011
Lucerne
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– Silver Eight (bow)
* 2011
Munich
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– Silver Eight (bow)
* 2010
Lucerne
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– Gold Four (bow)
* 2010
Munich
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– Silver Four (bow)
* 2009
Lucerne
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– Gold Four (bow)
* 2009
Bled
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– Bronze Four (bow)
* 2009
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 ...
– Gold Four (bow)
* 2008
Poznań
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– Gold, Eight (bow)
* 2008
Lucerne
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– Bronze, Eight (bow)
* 2008
Munich
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– Silver, Eight (bow)
* 2007
Amsterdam
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– Gold, Eight (bow)
* 2007
Linz
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In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2006
Lucerne
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– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2006
Poznań
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– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2006
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2005
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2005
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2005
Eton Eton most commonly refers to Eton College, a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England.
Eton may also refer to:
Places
*Eton, Berkshire, a town in Berkshire, England
* Eton, Georgia, a town in the United States
* Éton, a commune in the Meuse dep ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2004
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
– Bronze, Coxless Four (three)
* 2004
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
– 5th, Coxless Four (three)
* 2004
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 John ...
– Gold, Coxless Four (three)
* 2003
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
– 3rd, Eight (bow)
* 2002
Munich
Munich ( ; german: München ; bar, Minga ) is the capital and most populous city of the States of Germany, German state of Bavaria. With a population of 1,558,395 inhabitants as of 31 July 2020, it is the List of cities in Germany by popu ...
– 6th, Eight (three)
* 2002
Lucerne
Lucerne ( , ; High Alemannic German, High Alemannic: ''Lozärn'') or Luzern ()Other languages: gsw, Lozärn, label=Lucerne German; it, Lucerna ; rm, Lucerna . is a city in central Switzerland, in the Languages of Switzerland, German-speaking po ...
– 5th, Eight (three)
* 2002
Hazewinkel
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– Gold, Eight (three)
* 2001
Seville
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– 7th, Coxless Four (three)
World Under 23 Championships
* 2001
Linz
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In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
– Silver, Coxless Four
World Junior Championships
* 1999
Plovdiv Lake – Silver, Coxless Four
* 1998
Linz
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In 2009, it was a European Capital of ...
– Bronze, Coxed Pair
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Olympic rowers for Great Britain
Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Olympic medalists in rowing
Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
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American sportsmen
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