Christopher Roger Bartley (born 2 February 1984) is a British rower who competed at the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics, officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012, were an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and

2016 Summer Olympics The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

Personal life

Bartley was educated at

The King's School, Chester The King's School, Chester, is a co-educational private day school for pupils aged 4 to 18. It is one of the seven 'King's Schools' established (or re-endowed and renamed) by King Henry VIII in 1541 after the Dissolution of the Monasteries ...

, where he was schoolmates with fellow Olympian

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, and studied biology at the

University of Nottingham The University of Nottingham is a public research university in Nottingham, England. It was founded as University College Nottingham in 1881, and was granted a royal charter in 1948. Nottingham's main campus (University Park Campus, Nottingh ...

Rowing career

Bartley was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the

2011 World Rowing Championships The 2011 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 28 August to 4 September 2011 at Lake Bled, adjoining the Slovenian city of Bled. The annual week-long rowing regatta is organized by World Rowing Federatio ...

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Richard Chambers,

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and Rob Williams. He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games as part of the men's lightweight four, with Peter Chambers, Rob Williams and Richard Chambers. He competed at the

2013 World Rowing Championships The 2013 World Rowing Championships were World Rowing Championships that were held from 25 August to 1 September 2013 at Tangeum Lake, Chungju in South Korea. The annual week-long rowing (sport), rowing regatta was organized by International Row ...

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Will Fletcher and Jono Clegg. The following year 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 ...

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Mark Aldred, Peter Chambers and Richard Chambers. In 2016 he was selected for the British Olympic team and competed in the men's lightweight coxless four event with Jono Clegg, Mark Aldred and Peter Chambers, finishing in seventh place.

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* * * * 1984 births Living people Welsh male rowers British male rowers Sportspeople from Wrexham Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Welsh Olympic competitors Alumni of the University of Nottingham People educated at The King's School, Chester Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Members of Leander Club World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain European Rowing Championships medalists 21st-century British sportsmen {{UK-rowing-bio-stub