Oliver Wilkes (rower)
 Wilkes at the 2024 Summer Olympics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Oliver Wilkes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British (English) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 July 1995 (age 31) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Great Britain | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Fours | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Oxford Brookes University Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oliver Wilkes (born 14 July 1995) is a British rower.[1] He won a bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the coxless four.
Career
[edit]Wilkes learnt to row at the Liverpool University Boat Club while we was attending the University of Liverpool. Before moving and rowing at the University of Edinburgh.[2]
Wilkes came to prominence after winning the silver medal in the coxed four, at the 2017 World Rowing U23 Championships in Plovdiv.[1] Wilkes later won a gold medal at the 2023 European Rowing Championships.[3]
At the 2023 World Rowing Championships in Belgrade, he won a World Championship gold medal in the men's coxless four.[4] He won a bronze at the 2024 Paris Olympics in the coxless four.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Athlete profile". British Rowing. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
- ↑ "Oli Wikes Universities". British rowing.
- ↑ "GB rowers lay Paris marker with European Championship gold/". The Herald. 14 August 2022. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
- ↑ "Rowing – World Championships – 2023". The Sports.org. Retrieved 18 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Oliver Wilkes at World Rowing
- Oli Wilkes at British Rowing
- Oli Wilkes at Team GB
- Oliver Wilkes at Olympics.com
- Oliver Wilkes at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics (archived, alternate link)
- Oliver Wilkes on Instagram
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- British male rowers
- Olympic rowers for Great Britain
- Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain
- Olympic medalists in rowing
- Rowers at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
- 21st-century British sportsmen
- Alumni of the University of Liverpool
- British rowing Olympic medalist stubs
