Alan Sinclair (born 16 October 1985) is a retired British international rower.

Rowing career

Sinclair is a member of the Leander Club. He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2010 Commonwealth Rowing Championships, in Welland, Canada. 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 ...

Bosbaan The Bosbaan is a rowing lake situated in the Amsterdamse Bos (Amsterdam Forest) in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Amstelveen is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands and is part of the metropolitan area of Amsterdam. Confusingly, all built struc ...

, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Scott Durant and

Henry Fieldman Henry Fieldman (born 25 November 1988) is a British rowing coxswain. He has been twice a world champion. Rowing career Fieldman competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal steering the coxe ...

. The following year he competed in the

2015 European Rowing Championships The 2015 European Rowing Championships were held in Poznań, Poland, between 29 and 31 May 2015. Medal summary Men Three members of the Russian M4x crew were under investigation for anti-doping violations in 2014. Women Medal table Part ...

in Poznań winning a gold medal. He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the

2015 World Rowing Championships The 2015 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 30 August to 6 September 2015 at Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by FISA (the Int ...

at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Tom Ransley and

Stewart Innes Stewart Innes (born 20 May 1991) is a retired British rower. Career Innes took up rowing as a pupil at St Edward's School, Oxford and later competed for Durham University as an undergraduate, and for Reading University as a postgraduate. He w ...

. He also competed in the men's coxless pair event at the

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics ( pt, Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad ( pt, Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada) and also known as Rio 2016, was an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 20 ...

finishing fourth in the Final. He won a bronze medal at the

2018 World Rowing Championships The 2018 World Rowing Championships were the World Rowing Championships held at the regatta course in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. The event was held from 9 to 16 September. Events held were men and women's open class, lightweight class, and para-rowing. ...

Plovdiv Plovdiv ( bg, Пловдив, ), is the second-largest city in Bulgaria, standing on the banks of the Maritsa river in the historical region of Thrace. It has a population of 346,893 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is the c ...

, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with

James Rudkin James Rudkin (born 7 July 1994) is a British rower. Rudkin attended Stowe School. He won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as ...

, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi,

Oliver Wynne-Griffith Oliver Henry Wynne-Griffith (born 29 May 1994) is a British rower. Rowing career Wynne-Griffith won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, ...

, Matthew Tarrant,

Will Satch William Spencer Satch (born 9 June 1989) is a British Rowing (sport), rower and Olympic gold medallist. Rowing career Satch was educated at Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in southeast Oxfordshire. His rowing coach was New Zealand go ...

and Henry Fieldman. In May 2021 he announced his retirement from international rowing. In June 2021, Sinclair was announced as Director of Rowing at the University of St Andrews. Sinclair was the Match Director for the inaugural Home International Rowing Beach Sprints in August 2022.

Awards

He was the winner of International Rower of the Year at the 2014 Scottish Rowing Annual Awards.

References

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* * * * 1985 births Living people British male rowers Scottish male rowers Sportspeople from Inverness World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain {{Scotland-rowing-bio-stub