Tom Ransley

Thomas Matthew Ransley MBE[1] (born 6 September 1985) is a British rower. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the eight, was twice a World Champion and in 2015 was the European Champion in the men's coxless four.[2]

Tom Ransley

Personal information
Born	(1985-09-06) 6 September 1985 Ashford, Kent, England
Alma mater	University of York University of Cambridge
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight 2012 London Eight World Championships 2013 Chungju Eight 2014 Amsterdam Eight 2010 Karapiro Eight 2011 Bled Eight 2015 Aiguebelette Coxless four 2018 Plovdiv Eight European Championships 2015 Poznan Coxless four 2016 Brandenburg Eight

Early life

Ransley attended Dulwich Preparatory School in Cranbrook, Kent. Following this, he went to The King's School, Canterbury and then went into higher education at the University of York and the University of Cambridge.

Rowing career and achievements

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 bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Alan Sinclair and Stewart Innes.[3] He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with Alan Sinclair, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[4]

Olympic Games

• 2012 London – Bronze, Men's Eight
• 2016 Rio de Janeiro – Gold, Men's Eight

World Championships

• 2010 Karapiro – Silver, Men's eight
• 2011 Bled – Silver, Men's eight
• 2013 Chungju – Gold, Men's eight
• 2014 Amsterdam – Gold, Men's eight
• 2015 Aiguebelette – Bronze, Men's coxless four
• 2018 Plovdiv – Bronze, Men's eight

World Cups

• 2009 Banyoles – Bronze, Eight
• 2009 Munich – Bronze, Eight
• 2011 Munich – Silver, Eight
• 2011 Lucerne – Bronze, Eight
• 2012 Belgrade – Silver, Eight
• 2012 Lucerne – Silver, Eight
• 2012 Munich – Bronze, Eight

World University Rowing Championships

• 2008 Bronze – Coxless four

References

1. "New Year's Honours list 2017" (PDF). Gov.uk. Government Digital Service. 30 December 2016. p. 80. Retrieved 31 December 2016.
2. Barretto, Lawrence (2 August 2012). "Olympics rowing: GB bronze in men's eight won by Germany". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
3. "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
4. "2018 World Championship results" (PDF). World Rowing.

External links

• British Rowing Biography
• Tom Ransley at FISA WorldRowing.com