Acer Nethercott
Acer Nethercott 
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| Full name | Acer Gary Nethercott | ||||||||||||
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| birthday | November 28, 1977 | ||||||||||||
| place of birth | Newmarket , UK | ||||||||||||
| date of death | January 26, 2013 | ||||||||||||
| size | 170 cm | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg | ||||||||||||
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| discipline | Row , helmsman | ||||||||||||
| society | Oxford University Boat Club | ||||||||||||
| Trainer | John West , Mark Banks , Sean Bowden , Steve Gunn | ||||||||||||
| National squad | since 2005 to 2008 | ||||||||||||
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| Last change: March 26, 2013 | |||||||||||||
Acer Gary Nethercott (born November 28, 1977 in Newmarket , † January 26, 2013 ) was a British helmsman in rowing . With the British men's eighth he won an Olympic silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and a bronze medal at the 2007 World Rowing Championships, as well as twice the boat races with the team from the Oxford University Boat Club .
Life
Acer Nethercott was born in Newmarket , England and grew up in Hertfordshire . From 1996 he studied physics and philosophy at the University College of the University of Oxford . There he also acquired the academic degrees BPhil and DPhil in the research area of the philosophy of language . He later worked for the Boston Consulting Group .
In 2010, during a break in his rowing career, he was diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor ( glioblastoma ) that was treated with surgery and chemotherapy . Nethercott died on January 26, 2013 at the age of 35.
Career as a helmsman
Boat Race
Acer Nethercott began rowing when he entered Oxford . However, it soon became clear that with his height he would be more successful as a helmsman than a rower. In 2000 he headed the Women's Boat Race the team of Oxford University Women's Boat Club to victory over the roller from Cambridge . In the men's race, he was able to control the second Oxford team ("Isis") in the race of the substitutes to victory over the second crew from Cambridge ("Goldie") in 2002.
At the Boat Race 2003 it was first used in the first team from Oxford ("Dark Blues"). Oxford with Nethercott won at the time with the closest gap in the history of the race of just 30 centimeters with a race distance of 6.8 kilometers. The following year Nethercott was able to qualify again for the Dark Blues team. During the Boat Race 2004 there were two accidents in which his crew was severely disabled. Cambridge won with a lead of six boat lengths, an objection Nethercotts after the race to the judge was inconsequential. In 2005 Nethercott was able to win again in a boat race with many international top rowers.
At the 2013 Boat Race, about two months after Nethercott's death, the Oxford crew's rowboat bore his name.
British national team
The British national rowing team became aware of Nethercott through his success in the renowned Boat Race. From 2005 to 2008 he drove the British men's eighth in international rowing regattas without interruption . He was able to win the Olympic silver medal in Beijing in 2008 and a bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships in 2007 . After the Beijing Games, he interrupted his career for a year. During this time his cancer was diagnosed and treated. In 2012 he wanted to qualify as the helmsman of the men's eight for the Summer Olympics in London. However, due to a visual impairment due to the cancer treatment, he was no longer able to control it with sufficient precision and was therefore not nominated.
successes
- Olympic rowing regatta 2008 in Beijing , silver medal in the men's eighth as helmsman
- Rowing World Championships 2007 in Munich , bronze medal in the men's eighth as helmsman
- Rowing World Championships 2006 in Eton , 5th place in the men's eighth as helmsman
- Rowing World Championships 2005 in Gifu , 4th place in the men's eighth as helmsman
- Rowing World Cup , five podium finishes in competition regattas between 2005 and 2008 with the British men's eighth as helmsman
- Victories in the Boat Race with the eighth of the Oxford University Boat Club in 2003 and 2005
Web links
- Acer Nethercott at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
- Acer Nethercott in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Acer Nethercott. The Daily Telegraph , January 28, 2013, accessed March 26, 2013 .
- ↑ Acer Nethercott: Tributes paid to rowing cox after death aged 35. BBC , January 27, 2013, accessed on 26 March 2013 .
- ↑ a b A decade of close races. In: www.theboatraces.org. Retrieved March 26, 2013 .
- ↑ OUBC vs German VIII fixture report. In: www.theboatraces.org. Retrieved February 10, 2016 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Nethercott, Acer |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nethercott, Acer Gary (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British rower |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 28, 1977 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Newmarket , UK |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 26, 2013 |