Oliver Wynne-Griffith

Oliver Wynne-Griffith
Wynne-Griffith in 2022
Personal information
NationalityBritish
Born (1994-05-29) 29 May 1994
Guildford, England
EducationPeterhouse, Cambridge
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Sport
CountryGreat Britain
SportRowing
Event
Eight
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2024 ParisCoxless pair
Bronze medal – third place2020 TokyoEight
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2023 BelgradeCoxless pair
Bronze medal – third place2018 PlovdivEight
Bronze medal – third place2019 OttensheimEight
Bronze medal – third place2022 RačiceCoxless pair
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2021 VareseEight
Gold medal – first place2024 SzegedCoxless pair
Silver medal – second place2019 LucerneEight
Silver medal – second place2022 OberschleißheimCoxless pair
Silver medal – second place2023 BledCoxless pair

Oliver Henry Wynne-Griffith (born 29 May 1994) is a British rower.

Rowing career

Wynne-Griffith 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, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[1] The following year he won another bronze medal at the 2019 World Rowing Championships in Ottensheim, Austria as part of the eight with George, Rudkin, Josh Bugajski, Sbihi, Jacob Dawson, Tarrant Thomas Ford and Fieldman.[2]

He won a silver medal in the eight at the 2019 European Rowing Championships.[3] In 2021, he won a European gold medal in the eight in Varese, Italy.[4][5]

He was in the seven seat of the Cambridge boat in the 2022 Boat Race.[6]

He switched to the coxless pair, where he teamed up with Tom George and in 2022, won a bronze medal and a silver medal, at the 2022 World and European Championships respectively.[7] The following year in 2023, he repeated the silver success at the 2023 European Rowing Championships and then followed this up with another silver at the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, behind the same Swiss pair.[8]

At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Ollie finished 2nd in the men's pair with Tom George, losing to Croatia in the last few strokes.[9]

References

  1. ↑ "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  2. ↑ "2019 Eight results" (PDF). World Rowing.
  3. ↑ "European Rowing Championships: Great Britain men's four win gold in Lucerne". BBC Sport. BBC. 2 June 2019. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
  4. ↑ "Men's Double Sculls Final A (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "Men's Eight Final FA (Final)". World Rowing. Retrieved 11 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Boat Race 2022: BBC coverage guide as Oxford and Cambridge race on the River Thames". BBC Sport. 30 March 2022. Archived from the original on 31 March 2022. Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  7. ↑ "Eurosport is not available in your region". eurosport.com. Retrieved 6 February 2025.
  8. ↑ "Rowing - World Championships - 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
  9. ↑ "Olympic Games 2024: Rower Ollie Wynne-Griffith admits mistake after winning silver". BBC Sport. 2 August 2024. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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