Thomas Matthew Ransley (born 6 September 1985) is a retired British

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

. At the

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he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the eight, was twice a World Champion and in 2015 was the European Champion in the men's coxless four.

Early life

Ransley attended

Dulwich Preparatory School Dulwich Prep Cranbrook is a co-educational preparatory school for children aged 3–13 near Cranbrook, Kent. Since September 2010, the Headmaster has been Paul David. History In the autumn of 1938, John Leakey, the Headmaster of Dulwich Colle ...

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. Following this, he went to

The King's School, Canterbury The King's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school for 13 to 18 year old pupils) in Canterbury, Kent, England. It is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference and the Eton Group. It is Britain's ...

and then went into higher education at the

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and the

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Rowing career and achievements

Ransley 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 silver medal as part of the eight with

Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell Nathaniel “Noddy” Reilly-O'Donnell (born 13 April 1988) is a British rower educated at St Leonard's School, Durham and University College London. Biography Junior Started rowing age 12 at St Leonard's School, Durham. At the 2005 World Ju ...

, Cameron Nichol,

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Moe Sbihi Mohamed Karim Sbihi (born 27 March 1988) is a British rower. He is a three-time Olympian and Olympic medal winner. He won a gold medal in the coxless four at 2016 Rio Olympics, and at the 2012 London Olympics he was in the British crew that wo ...

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, Daniel Ritchie and

Phelan Hill Phelan Hill (born 21 July 1979) is a British rowing coxswain. He is a three-time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. In 2016, he competed in t ...

. Ransley competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in

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, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Daniel Ritchie,

Alex Gregory Alexander John Gregory, (born 11 March 1984) is an English rower and a two-time Olympic Gold medallist from 2012 and 2016 in the Coxless four. Education Alex Gregory was educated at the Richard Pate School in Cheltenham, then Bredon Hill Mi ...

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, Moe Sbihi,

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, George Nash, Will Satch and Phelan Hill. The following year he competed at the

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in Bosbaan,

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, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with

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, Will Satch, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett,

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and Phelan Hill. The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at

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

Scott Durant Scott David Durant (born 12 February 1988) is a British rower and gold medallist in the Men's Eight at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games. Rowing career Durant started his rowing career at Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS). He competed at the ...

, Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes. He won a bronze medal at the

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, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with Alan Sinclair, Thomas George,

, Oliver Wynne-Griffith,

, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman. Ransley was set to compete at the

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in Tokyo, but after the postponement of the games he announced his retirement from international rowing in April 2020.

Olympic Games

*2012

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– Bronze, Men's Eight *2016

– Gold, Men's Eight

World Championships

* 2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's eight * 2011 Bled – Silver, Men's eight * 2013 Chungju – Gold, Men's eight * 2014 Amsterdam – Gold, Men's eight * 2015 Aiguebelette – Bronze, Men's coxless four * 2018 Plovdiv – Bronze, Men's eight

World Cups

*2009

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– Bronze, Eight *2009

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– Bronze, Eight *2011

– Silver, Eight *2011

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– Bronze, Eight *2012

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– Silver, Eight *2012

– Bronze, Eight

World University Rowing Championships

*2008 Bronze – Coxless four

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ransley, Tom 1985 births Living people English male rowers People from Ashford, Kent Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of the University of York Alumni of Hughes Hall, Cambridge Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Sportspeople from Kent British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Cambridge