Thomas Matthew Ransley (born 6 September 1985) is a retired British rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in

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he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the

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, 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 in

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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 in

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, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Cameron Nichol, James Foad, Alex Partridge,

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, Greg Searle,

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and

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. Ransley competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in

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

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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,

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, Pete Reed,

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and Phelan Hill. 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 bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Alan Sinclair and

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. He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in

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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 2020 Summer Olympic Games 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 Belgrade – Silver, Eight *2012

– Silver, Eight *2012

– Bronze, Eight

World University Rowing Championships

*2008 Bronze – Coxless four

References

External links

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ransley, Tom 1985 births Living people English male rowers People from Ashford, Kent Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers of Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic medalists in rowing Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Alumni of the University of York Alumni of Hughes Hall, Cambridge Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Sportspeople from Kent British male rowers World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire Alumni of the University of Cambridge