Charles Peter Cousins (born 13 December 1988) is a British rower who competed at the

2012 Summer 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 ...

Rowing career

Cousins competed in the quadruple sculls at the

with Stephen Rowbotham, Tom Solesbury and Matthew Wells finishing in fifth place. He competed in the

2013 World Rowing Championships The 2013 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2013 at Tangeum Lake Tangeum Lake is an artificial lake at Chungju in South Korea.

Chungju Chungju (충주시) is a city in North Chungcheong province, South Korea. Uamsan is a mountain located within the outskirts of the city. The city is famous for the annual martial arts festival held in October. Also of note, former UN Secretary-G ...

gaining a bronze medal in the men's quadruple sculls with

Graeme Thomas Graeme Edward Thomas (born 8 November 1988) is a British rower. Rowing career Thomas competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the quad sculls with Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Pe ...

Sam Townsend Sam Townsend (born 26 November 1985 in Reading) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics. Rowing career Townsend competed in the double sculls with Bill Lucas at the 2012 Olympic Games rowing even ...

and Peter Lambert. At the 2014 World Championships, he won a silver medal in the same event, again with Thomas, Townsend and Lambert. The same team won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships.

Coaching

Cousins was a coach for the

Abingdon School Boat Club Abingdon School Boat Club is the rowing club for Abingdon School. The club has a strong tradition of providing rowers for the Oxford University Boat Club, Cambridge University Boat Club and international teams. History The boat club has a lon ...

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* 1988 births Living people English male rowers Sportspeople from Cambridge Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain European Rowing Championships medalists Staff of Abingdon School {{UK-rowing-bio-stub