Sam Townsend

Sam Townsend (born November 26, 1985 in Reading ) is a British rower .

Athletic career

Sam Townsend rowed at the U23 World Championships in 2004 with the double scull to eleventh place, a year later he was tenth with the eighth . In 2006 he made his debut in eighth in the rowing world cup , in 2007 he returned to the double fours. At the 2007 World Championships , the British double scull took 15th place. In 2008 he took part in the single at the European Championships and won the B final. In 2009 Townsend reached the A-final in the World Cup three times with the double scull, at the 2009 World Championships he competed with Stephen Rowbotham in the double scull and placed twelfth. At the 2010 World Championships , Townsend competed in double fours, in the line-up of Charles Cousins , Sam Townsend, Bill Lucas and Stephen Rowbotham, the British double foursome reached the A-final and finished in fifth place. In 2011 in Bled with Tom Solesbury for Cousins, the double foursome won the B final. In the Olympic year Townsend switched to the double scull, together with Bill Lucas he finished fifth in front of a home crowd at the Olympic Games .

In 2013 Townsend returned to the double fours and also won the World Cup opener in Sydney. At the World Championships in 2013 won Graeme Thomas , Sam Townsend, Charles Cousins and Peter Lambert the bronze medal behind the Croats and the Germans. At the start of the 2014 season, the British double foursome in the same line-up as last year was defeated by the Ukrainians in the final of the European Championships , 0.27 seconds behind. After two victories in the World Cup, the British lost in the World Cup final against the Ukrainians, this time 0.05 seconds behind.

At the European Championships in 2015 , the double scull started with the line-up of Jack Beaumont , Sam Townsend, Graeme Thomas and Peter Lambert. Behind the boats from Russia and Ukraine, the British received the bronze medal. At the world championships , Cousins ​​were again in the boat instead of Beaumont; fourth place meant the direct Olympic qualification for 2016. At the European Championships in 2016 occupied Angus Groom , Townsend, Thomas and Lambert fifth. With Beaumont for the sick Thomas, the British double quad took fifth place at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .

The 1.98 m tall Sam Townsend is a member of Reading University's Boat Club .

Web links

• Sam Townsend at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )
• Sam Townsend in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )