Mark John Hunter

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(born 1 July 1978) is a retired

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Rowing career

Hunter was born in

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and he attended Havering Sixth Form College. While representing

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in the

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, he took part in some of his early rowing competitions. In 2007 he partnered Zac Purchase in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Double Scull. They won medals at each World Cup Regatta through the season. At the

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in Munich-Oberschleissheim they won a Bronze medal. The following year, their double dominated the lightweight event, winning all of their races, and finishing the season as Olympic champions. After a year off in 2009, they took Gold at the 2010 World Championships at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand. He 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 gold medal as part of the lightweight double sculls with Zac Purchase. In 2013, Hunter announced his retirement from competitive rowing.

Coaching

During his year off after the 2008 Olympics, he was an assistant coach of

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Women's rowing program.

Awards

He was appointed

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(MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours, and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from the

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(UEL) in November 2009.
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, and he was also granted an

for his services to rowing.

Achievements

Olympics

* 2012

– Silver, Lightweight Double Scull * 2008

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– Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke)

World Championships

* 2011

– Gold, Lightweight Double Scull * 2010

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– Gold, Lightweight Double Scull * 2007

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– Bronze, Lightweight Double Scull

World Cups

* 2012 Belgrade- Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke) * 2010

– Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke) * 2008

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– Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke) * 2008 Lucerne – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke) * 2008

– Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke) * 2007 Lucerne – Silver, Lightweight Double Scull * 2007

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– Silver, Lightweight Double Scull * 2007

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– Bronze, Lightweight Double Scull * 2005

– 6th, Lightweight Double Scull * 2005 Eton – 4th, Lightweight Double Scull

Nations Cup

* 1999 – 8th, Heavyweight Double Scull * 1998 – 9th, Heavyweight Double Scull * 1997 – 10th, Heavyweight Quadruple Scull

GB Rowing Team Senior Trials

* 2011 – 4th, Lightweight Single Scull 2008–2009 Coached for UCLA Women's Rowing Team

Footnotes

References

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hunter, Mark English male rowers British male rowers Living people Olympic rowers of Great Britain Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics English Olympic medallists Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain 1978 births Rowers from Greater London Members of the Order of the British Empire Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Members of Leander Club Stewards of Henley Royal Regatta World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain People educated at Havering Sixth Form College