Christopher Roger Bartley (born 2 February 1984) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics and 2016 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Bartley was educated at The King's School, Chester, where he was schoolmates with fellow Olympian Tom James, and studied biology at the

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Rowing career

Bartley was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Richard Chambers,

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and Rob Williams. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games as part of the men's lightweight four, with

Peter Chambers Peter Chambers (born 14 March 1990) is a British rower, and is the brother of fellow rower Richard Chambers. He is a World Champion in the men's lightweight double sculls and an Olympic silver medalist in the men's lightweight coxless four. He ...

, Rob Williams and Richard Chambers. He competed at 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, Chungju in South Korea. The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the International Rowin ...

in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Will Fletcher and Jono Clegg. The following year he competed at the

2014 World Rowing Championships The 2014 World Rowing Championships were the 44th edition of the World Rowing Championships and were held from 24 to 31 August 2014 at Bosbaan, Amsterdam in the Netherlands, the second occasion on which the event had been held in Amsterdam, or ...

in Bosbaan,

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with

Mark Aldred Mark David Aldred (born 18 April 1987) is a British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Personal life Aldred learned to row during his time at Downing College, Cambridge. He then worked as a patent attorney, before joining ...

and Richard Chambers. In 2016 he was selected for the British Olympic team and competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event with Jono Clegg, Mark Aldred and Peter Chambers, finishing in seventh place.

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Welsh male rowers British male rowers Sportspeople from Wrexham Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Welsh Olympic medallists Alumni of the University of Nottingham People educated at The King's School, Chester Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Members of Leander Club World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain European Rowing Championships medalists {{UK-rowing-bio-stub