Alan Sinclair (rower)
British rower (born 1985)
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Alan Sinclair (born 16 October 1985) is a retired British international rower.[1]
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| Born | 16 October 1985 (age 40) Inverness, Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | Leander | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rowing career
Sinclair is a member of the Leander Club. He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2010 Commonwealth Rowing Championships, in Welland, Canada.
He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Scott Durant and Henry Fieldman.[2] The following year he competed in the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznań winning a gold medal. 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, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes.[3] He also competed in the men's coxless pair event at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing fourth in the Final.[4]
He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.[5]
In May 2021 he announced his retirement from international rowing.[6]
In June 2021, Sinclair was announced as Director of Rowing at the University of St Andrews.[7][8]
Sinclair was the Match Director for the inaugural Home International Rowing Beach Sprints in August 2022.[9]
Awards
He was the winner of International Rower of the Year at the 2014 Scottish Rowing Annual Awards.[10]
