Angus Groom (born 16 June 1992) is a British

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

. He is a silver medallist at the

2020 Summer Olympics The , officially the and also known as , was an international multi-sport event held from 23 July to 8 August 2021 in Tokyo, Japan, with some preliminary events that began on 21 July. Tokyo was selected as the host city during the 1 ...

. He has also won two World Cup gold medals, two World Cup silver medals, a World Cup bronze and European championship bronze.

Career

Groom learnt to row in 2005 at

Walton Rowing Club Walton Rowing Club is an amateur rowing club, on the River Thames in England. Its large, modern, combined club and boat house is on the Surrey bank of the Thames, facing the Walton Mile straight, at Walton-on-Thames about 400 metres above Sunb ...

, and first represented Britain at the GB-France Match in 2008 before going on to row at the

World Rowing Junior Championships The World Rowing Junior Championships is an international rowing regatta organized by FISA (the International Rowing Federation). A rower or coxswain shall be classified as a Junior until 31 December of the year in which he reaches the age of ...

. From 2010 to 2013 he read for a degree in Natural Sciences at Durham University as a member of Hatfield College. In 2013, he was named as Team Durham’s Sportsman of the Year after winning all three BUCS Championship sculling events and helping Durham claim the Victor Ludorum for a tenth successive year. He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2014

Commonwealth Rowing Championships The Commonwealth Rowing Championships are a regatta for rowers from Commonwealth nations held in conjunction with the Commonwealth Games. Rowing is classed as an 'optional' sport for the purposes of the Commonwealth Games, but is currently not in ...

. He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. At the

held in 2021 in Tokyo, Groom won a silver together with

Harry Leask Harry Leask (born 16 October 1995) is a British rower. Rowing career In 2021, he won a European bronze medal in the double sculls in Glasgow. He has been selected for the British team to compete in the Rowing at the 2020 Summer Olympics, rowin ...

Tom Barras Tom Barras may refer to: * Tom Barras (cyclist), English road racing cyclist * Tom Barras (rower) Thomas Elliott Barras (born 7 January 1994) is a British rower. He won a bronze medal in the single scull at the 2017 World Championships and a ...

and Jack Beaumont in the Men's quadruple sculls. Groom announced his retirement from international rowing after the Games to start a career as research scientist in medical science after studying at the

University of Oxford , mottoeng = The Lord is my light , established = , endowment = £6.1 billion (including colleges) (2019) , budget = £2.145 billion (2019–20) , chancellor ...

. Following the Olympics, Groom rowed for the

Oxford University Boat Club Oxford University Boat Club (OUBC) is the rowing club for male, heavyweight oarsman of the University of Oxford, England, located on the River Thames at Oxford. The club was founded in the early 19th century. The Boat Race The club races agai ...

in 2022. It was in this year that Oxford ended Cambridge's run of wins in

The Boat Race The Boat Race is an annual set of rowing races between the Cambridge University Boat Club and the Oxford University Boat Club, traditionally rowed between open-weight eights on the River Thames in London, England. There are separate men's ...

, claiming victory by two and a quarter lengths.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Groom, Angus 1992 births Living people Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham British male rowers Durham University Boat Club rowers Sportspeople from Glasgow Scottish male rowers Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Scottish Olympic medallists