Oliver Wade Hall-Craggs (born 9 January 1966) is a 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 di ...

and Olympic sculler. He is the former head coach at

Durham University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club (DUBC) is the rowing club of Durham University. In recent years, DUBC has cemented itself as one of the strongest university boat clubs in Great Britain. Under the leaders ...

, a position he held between 2000 -2021, in this time he mainly coached the heavy-weight men. He represented

Great Britain Great Britain is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe. With an area of , it is the largest of the British Isles, the largest European island and the ninth-largest island in the world. It is ...

in the single scull event at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He is now coaching at St Peter's College Adelaide, Australia's leading school rowing program, and the winners of the Barrington Cup in 2021 Hall-Craggs read Archaeology at

Grey College, Durham Grey College is a Durham University#Colleges, college of Durham University in England. Although it was originally planned for the college to be named Oliver Cromwell College, this proved too controversial and it was instead named after Charles Gre ...

(1985-1988).

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* * 1966 births Living people English male rowers British male rowers Rowers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Durham University Boat Club rowers Alumni of Grey College, Durham Olympic rowers for Great Britain {{UK-rowing-bio-stub