Sam Scrimgeour (born 28 January 1988) is a British lightweight rower.

Rowing career

Scrimgeour 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 pair 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 ...

. He then 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 pair with Jono Clegg. The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the ...

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in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the lightweight coxless pair with

Joel Cassells Joel Cassells (born 15 June 1994) is a British rower who made his mark on the senior stage during his relatively short international career, winning gold at the World and European Championships and is focusing on Coaching the next generation of ...

. He won a bronze medal at the

2016 World Rowing Championships The 2016 World Rowing Championships was the 46th edition and held from 21 to 28 August 2016 at the Willem-Alexander Baan in Rotterdam, Netherlands in conjunction with the World Junior Rowing Championships and the World Rowing U23 Championsh ...

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, Netherlands, as part of the lightweight coxless pair with

References

1988 births Living people British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{England-rowing-bio-stub