Angus Groom

Angus Groom (born 16 June 1992) is a British rower. He is a silver medallist at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He has also won two World Cup gold medals, two World Cup silver medals, a World Cup bronze and European championship bronze.[1]

Angus Groom
Personal information
Born (1992-06-16) 16 June 1992
Glasgow, Scotland
Sport
SportRowing
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2020 TokyoQuadruple sculls
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place2019 LucerneQuadruple sculls

Career

Groom learnt to row in 2005 at Walton Rowing Club, and first represented Britain at the GB-France Match in 2008 before going on to row at the World Rowing Junior Championships. From 2010 to 2013 he read for a degree in Natural Sciences at Durham University as a member of Hatfield College.[2] In 2013, he was named as Team Durham’s Sportsman of the Year after winning all three BUCS Championship sculling events and helping Durham claim the Victor Ludorum for a tenth successive year.[3] He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2014 Commonwealth Rowing Championships.

He competed in the men's quadruple sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics held in 2021 in Tokyo, Groom won a silver together with Harry Leask, Tom Barras and Jack Beaumont in the Men's quadruple sculls.[5] Groom announced his retirement from international rowing after the Games to start a career as research scientist in medical science after studying at the University of Oxford.[6][7]

Following the Olympics, Groom rowed for the Oxford University Boat Club in 2022. It was in this year that Oxford ended Cambridge's run of wins in The Boat Race, claiming victory by two and a quarter lengths.[8]

References
  1. "Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Angus Groom retires from GB Rowing Team". British Rowing. 2 April 2022.
  2. "Dunelm Issue 02". Issuu. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  3. "GB Rowing Team Profile". www.britishrowing.org. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. "Angus Groom". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 10 August 2016.
  5. "Olympics 2020: Silver medal for Durham graduate Angus Groom in historic rowing win". ITV. 28 July 2021.
  6. "Angus Groom: 'It is much harder to do the Boat Race than the Olympics". The Daily Telegraph. 1 April 2022.
  7. "Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Angus Groom retires from GB Rowing Team". British Rowing. 21 April 2022.
  8. "Oxford end Cambridge supremacy with victory in men's Boat Race on Thames return". Mirror. 2 April 2022.
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