Gotrel (right) at the European Championships
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| Birth name | Matthew Anthony William Gotrel[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 35) Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 195 cm (6 ft 5 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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At the 2014 World Rowing ChampionshipsinBosbaan, Amsterdam he was a member of the gold medal-winning eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Tom Ransley, Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill.[2] The following year this was repeated when he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing ChampionshipsatLac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Louloudis, Reed, Bennett, Moe Sbihi, Alex Gregory, George Nash, Satch and Hill.[3]
He won a gold medal in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4][5]
Gotrel was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.[6]
