William Satch

William Satch
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William Satch (second from left) at the 2016 European Rowing Championships
Personal information
Birth name William Spencer Satch
Born 9 June 1989 (1989-06-09) (age 27)
Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England
Rowing the final (left boat) of the men's coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics

William Spencer "Will" Satch[1] (born 9 June 1989) is a British rower and Olympic gold medallist.[2]

Satch was educated at Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in southeast Oxfordshire.[3] His rowing coach was New Zealand gold medallist Shane O'Brien, who was deputy headmaster at Shiplake College.[4] Satch rows for Leander Club in Henley.

Satch won the bronze medal, rowing with George Nash in the coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[5]

In September 2013 Satch stroked the GB Men's Eight to the gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea. At the World Rowing Championships 2014 in Amsterdam he was again a member of the gold medal winning eight and this was repeated, again, in 2015 when he stroked the Men's Eight to a hat-trick of wins over Olympic Champions, Germany, at Aiguebelette.

He stroked the British eight to a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.

References

  1. GRO reference: June 1989, Vol. 20, Page 3717
  2. "Will Satch". British Rowing. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  3. "About Will Satch". Will Satch. Retrieved 1 August 2012.
  4. "Shiplake College marks rowing milestone in style". Henley Standard. 28 October 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2016.
  5. "William Satch". London 2012. Retrieved 1 August 2012.


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