Mark David Aldred (born 18 April 1987) is a British rower who competed at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

in Rio.

Personal life

Aldred learned to row during his time at

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. He then worked as a patent attorney, before joining the British rowing team full-time.

Rowing career

Aldred won bronze 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 Tangeum Lake is an artificial lake at Chungju in South Korea.

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, as part of the lightweight coxless pair with

Sam Scrimgeour Sam Scrimgeour (born 28 January 1988) is a British lightweight rower. Rowing career Scrimgeour competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless pair with Mark Aldred. H ...

. 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 ...

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, where he won another bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless 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 ...

, Richard Chambers and Chris Bartley. Two years later he was selected for the British Olympic team and competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event with Chris Bartley, Jono Clegg and Peter Chambers, finishing in seventh place.

References

1987 births Living people British male rowers Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Great Britain World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain European Rowing Championships medalists {{UK-rowing-bio-stub