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In 2001 I gained my first senior vest and was selected in the quadruple sculls for the World Championships. For the four of us in the crew it was our first qualification for a World Championship final in a sculling event, and we finished a creditable fifth. Again I matched this world ranking at the 2002 World Championships finishing fifth in a very tight field in the quadruple sculls. The 2002 year was also successful for me as I achieved a 2:1 Joint Honours degree in Sports Science and English. In 2003 I was selected for the World Championships in a new boat type, the double sculls. It was my first sniff at a senior world medal, and we were lying in bronze medal position in the final. Unfortunately we got rowed through by the previous years silver medallists and were left with a world placing of fourth.

World Cup 2001 Medal

World Cup 2003 Medal

My fortunes were to change however, and my hard work was going to pay off just in time for the 2004 Olympic Games. After a year of ranking in the top two in every domestic trial and assessment, I was selected into the quadruple scull again, the top ranked sculling boat. But this time we were a new combination and a young crew and I was going to stroke it. We had a very successful international racing season collecting two gold medals and a silver, and winning the World Cup Series overall. To top off competing at my first Olympic Games I came back with a silver medal having just lost out to a more senior and vastly more experienced German crew.

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