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Matthew Tarrant

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Matthew Tarrant
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1990-07-11) 11 July 1990 (age 34)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
Event(s)Coxed pair, Coxless four, Eight
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Amsterdam Eight
Gold medal – first place 2015 Aiguebelette Coxed pair
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sarasota Coxless four
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Plovdiv Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Ottensheim Eight
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lucerne Eight
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Belgrade Eight

Matthew T Tarrant (born 11 July 1990) is a British rower.

Rowing career

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Tarrant won a gold medal in the eight at the 2014 World Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam.[1] 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 coxed pair with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell and Henry Fieldman.[2]

He won a bronze medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the coxless four.[3] He then won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Will Satch and Fieldman.[4] He won another bronze medal the following year at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the eight with George, Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Wynne-Griffith, Thomas Ford and Fieldman.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "World Rowing Championships: Britain's men's eight retain title". BBC. 31 August 2014. Retrieved 30 September 2017.
  2. ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
  3. ^ "2017 World Championship" (PDF). 2017 World Rowing Championships. World Rowing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2020.
  4. ^ "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  5. ^ "2019 Eight results" (PDF). World Rowing.
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