Sam Townsend (born 26 November 1985 in
Reading
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) is a British rower who competed at the
2012 Summer Olympics and
2016 Summer Olympics.
Rowing career
Townsend competed in the
double sculls with
Bill Lucas at the
2012 Olympic Games rowing events, finishing in fifth place.
He 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 quad sculls with
Graeme Thomas
Graeme Edward Thomas (born 8 November 1988) is a British rower.
Rowing career
Thomas competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the quad sculls with Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Pe ...
,
Charles Cousins and
Peter Lambert. The following year he 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,
Amsterdam
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, where he won a silver medal as part of the quadruple sculls with Thomas, Cousins and Lambert.
In 2016 he went to his second Olympic Games competing in the
quadruple sculls with
Jack Beaumont,
Angus Groom and Peter Lambert.
Personal life
His wife,
Natasha Page
Natasha Nicole Page (born 30 April 1985 in Gloucester) is a British rower who competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Rowing career
She finished fifth in the women's eight at the 2008 Olympic Games.
She was part ...
, is also an Olympic rower.
References
External links
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1985 births
Living people
English male rowers
Sportspeople from Reading, Berkshire
Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic rowers of Great Britain
World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
European Rowing Championships medalists