Matt Gotrel

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Matthew Gotrel
MBE
Gotrel (right) at the European Championships
Personal information
BornMatthew Anthony William Gotrel[1]
(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 37)
Height195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Great Britain
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro M8+
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam M8+
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette M8+

Matthew Anthony William Gotrel (born 1 March 1989) is a British rower.

Rowing career

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At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam he was a member of the gold medal-winning eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Tom Ransley, Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill.[2] The following year this was repeated when he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Louloudis, Reed, Bennett, Moe Sbihi, Alex Gregory, George Nash, Satch and Hill.[3]

He won a gold medal in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5]

Awards

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Gotrel was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[6]

References

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