Thomas Alexander Stallard (born 11 September 1978) is a British former

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 ...

and motorsport engineer who currently works for the McLaren F1 Team as the race engineer for

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Early and personal life

Thomas Alexander Stallard was born on 11 September 1978 in

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. His father, Matt, was a rower for the

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Rowing career

Stallard began rowing at the age of 13, eventually participating at the World Rowing U19 Championships in 1996. In university, he attended the

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, where he rowed in the Cambridge University Boat Club (CUBC). Stallard competed in the University Boat Races between

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and

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, winning in

and

2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. He was the president of CUBC for the 2002 season. Following his graduation, Stallard became a full-time rower. His first

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was at the

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. Competing for Team GB, his team finished ninth out of nine boats. Stallard participated at the

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, winning a silver medal for Great Britain in the men's eight.

Formula One

After retiring from rowing, Stallard joined the

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team as a simulator test engineer. He later became the performance engineer for

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, and was eventually promoted to

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in 2014. In addition to Button, he has also served as the race engineer for

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, Carlos Sainz Jr.,

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and

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stallard, Tom 1978 births English male rowers British male rowers Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics Olympic rowers for Great Britain Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Living people Olympic medalists in rowing Formula One engineers Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Members of Leander Club Cambridge University Boat Club rowers Alumni of the University of Cambridge World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain People educated at Oundle School