Simon Dennis

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Olympic medal record
Men's Rowing
Gold	2000 Sydney	Eight with coxswain

Simon Dennis MBE (born 24 August 1976 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire) is a British rower and Olympic gold medalist.

He started rowing at St Paul's School, London, coached by Michael Streat and his first international appearance was in 1994 in the GB eight at the Junior World Rowing Championships, winning a bronze medal. After school he attended Imperial College London, winning two Henley Royal Regatta races with them.^[1]

He raced in the eight at the World Championships in 1997 and 1998, before rowing with Steve Williams in the coxless pair for the 1999 season, winning the Silver Goblets and Nickall's Challenge cup at Henley. In 2000 he returned to the men's eight which won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics.^[2] He is now a teacher of Biology at Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

Achievements

Olympic Medals: 1 Gold
World Championship Medals: 0
Junior World Championship Medals: 1 Bronze

Olympic Games

2000 — Gold, Eight (with Andrew Lindsay, Ben Hunt-Davis, Louis Attrill, Luka Grubor, Kieran West, Fred Scarlett, Steve Trapmore, Rowley Douglas)

World Championships

2001 — 5th, Eight
1999 — 5th, Coxless Pair (with Steve Williams)
1998 — 7th, Eight
1997 — 4th, Eight

Junior World Championships

1994 — Bronze, Eight

References

↑ "Simon Dennis". Sports Reference. Retrieved 8 November 2013.
↑ "Fired Up Brits Coast To Eights". New Straits Times. 25 September 2000. Retrieved 8 November 2013.

External links

Profile on RowingOne

Persondata
Name	Dennis, Simon
Alternative names
Short description	Rower
Date of birth	24 August 1976
Place of birth
Date of death
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