Stephen Patrick Trapmore (born 18 March 1975) is an English

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coach and former

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who represented Great Britain at the

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. He is currently the High Performance Coach within the Great Britain Olympic Rowing programme, developing athletes and crews to compete at World and Olympic competition.

Education

Trapmore attended

Halliford School Halliford School is a selective boys private day school, which also admits girls into its sixth form, in Lower Halliford, Shepperton, Surrey, England. The school is a member of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference (HMC). The curren ...

Shepperton Shepperton is a village in the Borough of Spelthorne, Spelthorne district, in north Surrey, England, around south west of central London. The settlement is on the north bank of the River Thames, between the towns of Chertsey and Sunbury-on-Tha ...

, before going on to study Engineering at

Nottingham Trent University Nottingham Trent University (NTU) is a public research university located in Nottingham, England. Its origins date back to 1843 with the establishment of the Nottingham School of Design, Nottingham Government School of Design, which still opera ...

. He was awarded an honorary degree from Trent in 2017 in recognition of his contribution to the sport of rowing.

Rowing career

Trapmore started rowing at 15 at the Walton Rowing Club. By the age of 17 he was in the Great Britain Junior Team, competing in the Junior World Championships in 1993. As a senior athlete he trained with the

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, winning his first senior medal in Aiguebelette in 1997. In 2000, he was part of the Great Britain eight that won at the Sydney Olympics, stroking the crew. He has also won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Championships as well as wins at Henley Royal Regatta and the Eights Head of the River race with Queen's Tower BC training out of the

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Boat House.

Coaching career

Following his retirement as an athlete in 2002, he began coaching Imperial College in 2007, and was appointed Head Coach there a year later. In 2010, Trapmore accepted the post as Chief Coach of Cambridge University Boat Club, leading them into the 2011 Boat Race campaign. In the years that followed Steve brought stability to the Cambridge programme developing a robust environment for scholar athletes of all backgrounds to excel in a ruthless but rewarding team environment. He coached the Light Blues to victory in

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and

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

. In December 2017, it was announced that Trapmore had accepted the role of High Performance Coach within the Great Britain Olympic Rowing programme and would be leaving Cambridge University Boat Club after the 2018 Boat Race. He went on to coach the GB Mens 8 to a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and Gold Medal at the Paris Olympics. The win in Paris makes him a member of a select group pf people who have won Olympic Gold as an athlete and coach.

Personal life

Trapmore is married to Nicola and has two daughters, Lucy and Anna.

Honours

Steve was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire ( MBE) in

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for services to rowing.

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Trapmore, Steve 1975 births English male rowers English Olympic competitors Olympic rowers for Great Britain Rowers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Living people Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Members of the Order of the British Empire University and college sports coaches in the United Kingdom World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain