Sam Scrimgeour (born 28 January 1988) is a British lightweight rower.

Rowing career

Scrimgeour competed at the

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless pair with Mark Aldred. He then competed at the

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, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless pair with Jono Clegg. The following year he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the

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in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the lightweight coxless pair with

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. He won a bronze medal at the 2016 World Rowing Championships in

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, Netherlands, as part of the lightweight coxless pair with

References

1988 births Living people British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain {{England-rowing-bio-stub