Cameron Nichol (born 26 June 1987) is a British
rower
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.
Life
He is educated at Milfield School and
University College London
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, University of London.
Rowing career
Nichol was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the
2011 World Rowing Championships
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in
Bled
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...
, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with
Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell,
James Foad
James Foad (born 20 March 1987) is an English rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight. He was the 2015 European Champion in the men's pair, along with Matt Langr ...
,
Alex Partridge
Alexander Matthew Partridge (born 25 January 1981 in San Francisco) is a British rower, and an Olympic silver and bronze medallist.
Education
Partridge started rowing at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and attended Oxford Brookes University to ...
,
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 ...
,
Tom Ransley,
Daniel Ritchie and
Phelan Hill.
Rowing achievements
Olympic Games
*2012
2012 London
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– Team GB, Men's Spare Pair
World Championships
*2010
2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's Eight
*2011
2011 Bled – Silver, Men's Eight
World Cups
*2012
Lucerne
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– 7th, Men's Pair
*2012
Munich
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– 9th, Men's Pair
*2011
Munich
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– Silver, Eight
*2011
Lucerne
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– Bronze, Eight
*2010
Munich
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– 5th, Men's Pair
*2010
Lucerne
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– 9th, Men's Pair
*2010
Bled
Bled (; ,''Leksikon občin kraljestev in dežel zastopanih v državnem zboru,'' vol. 6: ''Kranjsko''. 1906. Vienna: C. Kr. Dvorna in Državna Tiskarna, p. 146. in older sources also ''Feldes'') is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan regio ...
– 8th, Men's Pair
*2008
Lucerne
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– 13th, Men's Four
*2007
Amsterdam
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– 13th, Men's Four
World U23 Championships
*2007
Glasgow
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– Bronze, Coxless Four
*2008
Beetzsee – 6th
European Rowing Championships
*2007
Poznań
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– 5th, Men's Eight
Henley Royal Regatta
*2011
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...
– Finalist, Grand Challenge Cup
*2010
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...
– Semi-Finalist, Goblet's & Nickall's Challenge Cup
*2008
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...
– Semi-Finalist, Steward's Challenge Cup
*2007
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...
– Winner, Prince Albert Challenge Cup
*2006
Henley Royal Regatta
Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a Rowing (sport), rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It diffe ...
– Finalist, Men's Student Coxed Four
Personal life
Following the 2012 London Olympics, Nichol returned to medical school and started an online rowing training program called RowingWOD.
References
External links
Cameron Nicholat
British Rowing
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(archived)
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RowingWOD
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1987 births
Living people
People from Roehampton
Sportspeople from the London Borough of Wandsworth
English male rowers
British male rowers
World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Alumni of University College London
21st-century English sportsmen