Tom Ransley
British rower
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Thomas Matthew Ransley MBE (born 6 September 1985) is a retired 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.[1]
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| Full name | Thomas Ransley | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | Kent, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | University of York University of Cambridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 196 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Rowing career and achievements
Ransley was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a silver medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Cameron Nichol, James Foad, Alex Partridge, Moe Sbihi, Greg Searle, Daniel Ritchie and Phelan Hill.[2]
Ransley competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Daniel Ritchie, Alex Gregory, Pete Reed, Moe Sbihi, Andrew Triggs Hodge, George Nash, Will Satch and Phelan Hill.[3] The following year he competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill.[4]
The following year 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.[5] 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.[6]
Ransley was set to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, but after the postponement of the games he announced his retirement from international rowing in April 2020.[7]
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
World University Rowing Championships
- 2008 Bronze – Coxless four
