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| Full name | William Fletcher | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1989 Chester-le-Street | |||||||||||||||||
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William Fletcher (born 24 December 1989) is a British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Education
Fletcher studied at Durham University as a member of Hild Bede, graduating with a Modern Languages degree in 2011.[1]
Rowing career
He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Jono Clegg and Chris Bartley.[2]
He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a silver medal as part of the lightweight double scull with Richard Chambers.[3]
He and Richard Chambers placed seventh in the men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.[4][5]
References
- ↑ "Dunelm Issue 02". Issuu. April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ↑ "2013 World Rowing Championships: Event Information". WorldRowing.com. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ↑ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ↑ "Will Fletcher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ↑ "Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.