Thomas Matthew Ransley (born 6 September 1985) is a retired British
rower
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. At the
2016 Summer Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro
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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 in
Cranbrook, Kent
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The smaller settlements of Sissing ...
. Following this, he went to
The King's School, Canterbury
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and then went into higher education at the
University of York and the
University of Cambridge
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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
Bled
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, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with
Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell,
Cameron Nichol,
James Foad,
Alex Partridge,
Moe Sbihi,
Greg Searle
Gregory Mark Pascoe Searle (born 20 March 1972) is a British Olympic rower educated at Hampton School and London South Bank University.
Career
Greg Searle is an Olympic gold medalist, winning the coxed pairs event at the 1992 Barcelona Olympic ...
,
Daniel Ritchie and
Phelan Hill.
Ransley competed at the
2013 World Rowing Championships in
Chungju, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Daniel Ritchie,
Alex Gregory,
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 ...
, Moe Sbihi,
Andrew Triggs Hodge,
George Nash,
Will Satch and Phelan Hill. The following year he competed at the
2014 World Rowing Championships in
Bosbaan,
Amsterdam
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, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with
Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell,
Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch,
Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed,
Paul Bennett,
Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill.
The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the
2015 World Rowing Championships
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Description
The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the ...
at
Lac d'Aiguebelette
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Geography
Description
With a surface area of 5.45 km2 and a depth of 71 meters it is one of the largest natural lakes of F ...
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
2018 World Rowing Championships in
Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with Alan Sinclair,
Thomas George,
Moe Sbihi,
Oliver Wynne-Griffith,
Matthew Tarrant,
Will Satch and
Henry Fieldman.
Ransley was set to compete at the
2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, but after the postponement of the games he announced his retirement from international rowing in April 2020.
Olympic Games
*2012
London
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– Bronze, Men's Eight
*2016
Rio de Janeiro
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– Gold, Men's Eight
World Championships
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2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's eight
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2011 Bled – Silver, Men's eight
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2013 Chungju – Gold, Men's eight
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2014 Amsterdam – Gold, Men's eight
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2015 Aiguebelette – Bronze, Men's coxless four
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2018 Plovdiv – Bronze, Men's eight
World Cups
*2009
Banyoles
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The town is the capital of the Catalan ''comarca'' " Pla de l'Estany". Although an established industrial centre many of th ...
– Bronze, Eight
*2009
Munich
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– Bronze, Eight
*2011
Munich
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– Silver, Eight
*2011
Lucerne – Bronze, Eight
*2012
Belgrade – Silver, Eight
*2012
Lucerne – Silver, Eight
*2012
Munich
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– Bronze, Eight
World University Rowing Championships
*2008 Bronze – Coxless four
References
External links
Tom Ransleyat
British Rowing
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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