Oliver "Ollie" Stanhope (born 30 May 1998) is a

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Paralympic rower who competes in the

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in international level events. He is the son of former rower

Richard Stanhope Richard Courtney Stanhope (born 27 April 1957) in Blackpool, Lancashire, England is a male retired British rower. Rowing career Stanhope competed in four Olympic Games; the 1980 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 1988 Summer Olympics and ...

. He won a gold medal in the mixed cox four at the

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. Stanhope was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to rowing.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Stanhope, Oliver 1998 births Living people People from Hampton, London Sportspeople from the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Paralympic rowers for Great Britain British male rowers Rowers at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Paralympics Paralympic medalists in rowing Paralympic gold medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire