Thomas Matthew Ransley MBE (born 6 September 1985) is a retired British

rower Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are ...

. At the

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he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the eight, was twice a World Champion and in 2015 was the European Champion in the men's coxless four.

Early life

Ransley attended

Dulwich Preparatory School Dulwich Cranbrook is a co-educational independent school for children aged 2–16 at Coursehorn, near Cranbrook, Kent. Since September 2023, the Head has been Sophie Bradshaw. History In the autumn of 1938, John Leakey, the Headmaster of w ...

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. Following this, he went to

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and then went into higher education at the

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and the

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Rowing career and achievements

Ransley 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 silver medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell,

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, Daniel Ritchie and

Phelan Hill Phelan Hill (born 21 July 1979) is a British rowing coxswain. He is a three-time world champion and an Olympic gold medallist. He competed in the Men's eight event at the 2012 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal. In 2016, he competed in the ...

. Ransley competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Daniel Ritchie,

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, Moe Sbihi,

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, George Nash,

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and Phelan Hill. The following year he competed at the

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, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett,

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and Phelan Hill. The following year 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 the Lac d'Aiguebelette, Aiguebelette-le-Lac in France. Description The annual week-long rowing regatta was organized by ...

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in France, where he won a bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes. He won a bronze medal at the

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, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with Alan Sinclair, Thomas George,

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, Matthew Tarrant,

and Henry Fieldman. Ransley was set to compete at the

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in Tokyo, but after the postponement of the games he announced his retirement from international rowing in April 2020.

Olympic Games

*2012

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– Bronze, Men's Eight *2016

– Gold, Men's Eight

World Championships

* 2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's eight * 2011 Bled – Silver, Men's eight * 2013 Chungju – Gold, Men's eight * 2014 Amsterdam – Gold, Men's eight * 2015 Aiguebelette – Bronze, Men's coxless four * 2018 Plovdiv – Bronze, Men's eight

World Cups

*2009

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– Bronze, Eight *2009

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– Bronze, Eight *2011

– Silver, Eight *2011

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– Bronze, Eight *2012

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– Silver, Eight *2012

– Bronze, Eight

World University Rowing Championships

*2008 Bronze – Coxless four

References

External links

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