Will Fletcher
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Full name | William Fletcher | |||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||
Born | Chester-le-Street | 24 December 1989|||||||||||||
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William Fletcher (born 24 December 1989) is a British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Education[]
Fletcher studied at Durham University as a member of Hild Bede, graduating with a Modern Languages degree in 2011.[1]
Rowing career[]
He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Jono Clegg and Chris Bartley.[2]
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 silver medal as part of the lightweight double scull with Richard Chambers.[3]
He and Richard Chambers placed seventh in the men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.[4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Dunelm Issue 02". Issuu. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
- ^ "2013 World Rowing Championships: Event Information". WorldRowing.com. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ^ "Will Fletcher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- ^ "Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
- 1989 births
- Living people
- British male rowers
- Olympic rowers of Great Britain
- Rowers at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- Alumni of the College of St Hild and St Bede, Durham
- Durham University Boat Club rowers
- British rowing biography stubs