Constantine Michael Louloudis (born 15 September 1991) is a Greek-British

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. He is an

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champion, two time

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and four time

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winner.

Personal life

Constantine was a

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Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

, an all-boys

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. He studied

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, and graduated with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree. His father is

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and comes from the island of

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. His mother is The Honourable Madeleine Louloudis CVO, a Lady-in-Waiting to

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, and daughter of the late 20th Viscount Dillon. He has one sister, Theodora, an award-winning journalist.

Rowing career

Constantine learned to row at Eton and in 2009 he stroked the Eton VIII that won at Henley Royal Regatta,

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and the Schools' Head. He was in the six seat of the winning Oxford Blue boat at the 2011 Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Later in 2011, he won the Men's Pairs, with George Nash, at the FISA World Rowing Under 23 Championships on the Bosbaan on 24 July 2011 in

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, Netherlands. He took a year out of his studies to train for and compete at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

, winning a bronze medal in the men's eight. Louloudis then returned to his Oxford studies, rowing in the winning eights of a second and third

in 2013 and 2014, before returning to the British eight, which he stroked to a gold medal at the 2014 World Rowing Championships. The next year he won a final Boat Race as president of Oxford University Boat Club. 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 gold medal as part of the eight with Matt Gotrel,

Pete Reed Peter K. Reed OBE (born 27 July 1981) is a retired British Olympic rower. Reed is a three-times Olympic gold medallist – earning gold in the Men's coxless four at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics, and then a gold medal in the Men's eight at the 2 ...

, Paul Bennett,

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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, George Nash, Will Satch 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 ...

. At the 2016 Olympic games in Rio de Janeiro, Louloudis rounded off his medal collection by stroking the GB men's 4- to gold, the fifth consecutive time a British crew had won the event.

Post Rowing

Louloudis was part of the BBC's coverage of the Boat Race from 2016 until 2022.

Honours

Louloudis was awarded the

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in the Queen's 2017 New Year Honours list for services to rowing.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Louloudis, Constantine 1991 births Living people Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford British people of Greek descent English male rowers Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Olympic rowers for Great Britain People educated at Eton College Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Rowers from Greater London Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire