Tim Foster

Timothy "Tim" James Carrington Foster (born January 19, 1970 in Hillingdon ) is a British rower and Olympic champion.

Tim Foster received two gold medals at the Junior World Championships : in 1987 in a four without a helmsman together with Jonathan Searle , Rupert Obholzer and Toby Hessian and in 1988 in a two without a helmsman together with Matthew Pinsent . In 1989 Foster first took part in the adult class in rowing world championships and won the bronze medal with the British eighth . After a fourth place with the uncontrolled four at the 1990 World Rowing Championships , Foster rowed bronze again in 1991 with the eighth. At the 1992 Olympic Games , Foster finished sixth with the British eighth.

From 1993 Foster rowed mostly in the British four-man without a helmsman. After a fifth place at the 1993 World Rowing Championships , he won bronze in 1994 and silver in 1995 . In the 1996 Olympics the bronze medal followed. After the 1996 Olympic Games, the 1992 Olympic champions in two with helmsman, brothers Greg and Jonathan Searle and Robert Obholzer were eliminated from the four. In return, the 1992 and 1996 Olympic champions, Matthew Pinsent and Steven Redgrave as well as James Cracknell, came on board. This foursome won the world championship title in 1997 and 1998 , as well as all the world cup regattas in which the boat took part. In 1999 Ed Coode moved into the foursome for Foster, while Foster won silver with the eighth at the 1999 World Rowing Championships . In 2000 Foster returned to the foursome. The successful four from 1997 and 1998 won the first two World Cup regattas, but only finished fourth at the World Cup final in Lucerne. At the Olympic Games in Sydney , form was back and the British foursome won gold.

As a student of St Cross College of the University of Oxford , he took part in the 1997 Boat Race part. In 2001 he tried his hand at the World Cup in one . After he did not make it to the A-final in this boat class in the World Cup, he ended his career.

International medals

(OS = Olympic Games; WM = World Championships)

• World Cup 1989: bronze with the eighth (Tim Foster; Matthew Brittin ; Jim Walker ; Anton Obholzer ; Jonny Singfield ; Richard Phelps ; Jonathan Searle ; Jonathan Hulls and helmsman Adrian Ellison )
• WM 1991: Bronze with the figure eight ( Martin Cross ; Tim Foster; Anton Obholzer ; Richard Phelps ; Greg Searle ; Jonathan Searle ; Jonny Singfield ; Richard Stanhope and helmsman Garry Herbert )
• World Cup 1994: bronze with the four-man without a helmsman (Tim Foster; Rupert Obholzer ; Greg Searle ; Jonathan Searle )
• World Cup 1995: Silver with the four without a helmsman (Tim Foster; Rupert Obholzer ; Greg Searle ; Jonathan Searle )
• OS 1996: Bronze with the four without a helmsman (Tim Foster; Rupert Obholzer ; Greg Searle ; Jonathan Searle )
• 1997 World Cup: Gold with the four without a helmsman ( James Cracknell ; Tim Foster; Matthew Pinsent ; Steven Redgrave )
• 1998 World Cup: Gold with the four without a helmsman ( James Cracknell ; Tim Foster; Matthew Pinsent ; Steven Redgrave )
• World Cup 1999: Silver with the eighth ( Robert Thatcher ; Ben Hunt-Davis ; Fred Scarlett ; Louis Attrill ; Luka Grubor ; Kieran West ; Tim Foster; Steve Trapmore and helmsman Rowley Douglas )
• OS 2000: Gold with the four without a helmsman ( James Cracknell ; Tim Foster; Steven Redgrave ; Matthew Pinsent )

Web links

• Tim Foster in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Tim Foster at Worldrowing.com ( FISA database )