Imperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College and has its boat house on the

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on the

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embankment, London, United Kingdom. The alumni also run a boat club which is known as the Queen's Tower Boat Club and both crews occasionally row together as a composite in competition. The club has been home to numerous National Squad oarsmen and women and is open to students of Imperial College London.

History

The club was formed in 1919 and initially shared facilities with Thames Rowing Club but has had its own boathouse since 1938. The club has been successful in competitions, with many wins at

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including in 2013 with victory in The Prince Albert Challenge Cup event. The gold medal winning Great Britain eight at the 2000 Sydney Olympics were based at Imperial College's refurbished boathouse and included three alumni of the college, along with their coach Martin McElroy. Until 2008, the head coach was Simon Cox who, after taking over from Simon Dennis in 2005, went on to coach the

winning crew in 2006, before taking up a position with Swiss Rowing. His replacement was Olympic Gold Medallist Steve Trapmore who coached the club until September 2010, when he moved on to coach Cambridge University Boat Club. Don McLachlan took over from 2010 until leaving in April 2013 to become lead coach at Rowing Ireland, just before the club won

again a few months later.

Coaching

The most well-known of Imperial College Boat Club's coaches was

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, a former Olympic oarsman himself and for many years was head coach and director of rowing at Imperial College BC. In that time he was responsible for numerous

and Henley Women's Regatta wins. He coached athletes at the club from novices up to international and developed the club substantially during his time in charge.

Major event wins and international competition

Notable members

*Henry Fieldman

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