Oliver Wynne-Griffith
British rower (born 1994)
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Oliver Henry Wynne-Griffith (born 29 May 1994) is a British rower.
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 May 1994 Guildford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Peterhouse, Cambridge | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Eight | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Leander Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
