Alex Partridge

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Alexander Matthew "Alex" Partridge (born January 25, 1981 in San Francisco ) is a former British rower . He won three world championship titles as well as an Olympic silver and bronze medal.

Career

Alex Partridge started rowing in 1995 and has rowed for the Leander Club since graduating from Oxford Brookes University .

In 1998 Partridge won the bronze medal in a two-man with a helmsman at the Junior World Championships , followed by a silver medal in a four-man without a helmsman in 1999 . In 2001 Partridge won his first world championship medal in the adult class with bronze in a foursome with helmsman . In 2002 Partridge moved to the British eight ; In 2003 he also won a bronze medal here at the World Championships.

In the 2004 World Cup season, Partridge rowed in a four-man without a helmsman, who won the regatta in Poznan and, after finishing fifth in Munich, took third place in Lucerne. Partridge was on the crew in all three regattas , along with Matthew Pinsent and Steve Williams , while Ed Coode , Tom Stallard and James Cracknell tried their hand at fourth . Together with Pinsent, Williams and Cracknell, Partridge was nominated for the Olympic Games in Athens, but was then diagnosed with a collapsed lung . Pinsent, Williams, Coode and Cracknell won the Olympic gold medal in a boat they named after Alex Partridge.

In 2005 Partridge returned to the uncontrolled foursome, the new crew with Steve Williams, Peter Reed , Alex Partridge and Andrew Triggs Hodge won all three World Cup regattas and also secured the world title; In 2006 the crew was able to repeat this fourfold success with the same cast. In 2007 the four rowers won the first World Cup regatta in Linz; for the second World Cup regatta they switched to eighth and also won here. At the world championships, the four rowers started again in a foursome, but only finished fourth. In 2008 Partridge started as a batsman in the British eighth and reached the podium three times in the World Cup with first, second and third place each; at the Olympic Games in Beijing, the British eighth won the silver medal.

In 2009 Partridge returned to the four without a helmsman, who won two World Cup regattas and the final at the World Championships with a new crew. In 2010 the crew won two World Cup regattas and took third place in the third regatta, but the boat only came fourth in the World Championships. In 2011 Partridge rowed again in the British eighth, who finished second behind the Germany eighth in two World Cup regattas and at the World Championships . At the end of his career, he won the bronze medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London with eighth.

Final battle placements

Olympic games

World championships

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personal data
SURNAME Partridge, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Partridge, Alexander Matthew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British rower
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco