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English rower
Steve Willams
Williams on the summit of Mount Everest in May 2011
Full name Stephen David Williams Nationality
Great Britain Born (1976-04-15 ) 15 April 1976 (age 48) Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom
Alma mater
Oxford Brookes University Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Updated on 31 January 2016
Stephen David Williams
OBE (born 15 April 1976 in
Leamington Spa
[1] ) is an English
rower and double
Olympic champion . In April and May 2011, Williams walked to the
North Pole and achieved the summit of
Mount Everest .
Education
Williams was educated at
Monkton Combe School ,
Bath , where he began rowing aged 13. He attended
Oxford Brookes University where he studied
History and
Town planning .
International career
Williams made his full international debut in 1998 at the age of 22. He partnered
Fred Scarlett in the coxless pair, and came sixth in his first world championships. A year later he partnered
Simon Dennis in the same event, this time finishing fifth. In 2000 both Scarlett and Dennis won seats in the GB Eight for the Olympics in Sydney but Williams just missed out, and instead was a member of the Coxed Four which won a gold medal at the
World Championships in
Zagreb for non-Olympic events.
In 2001 he was again world champion, this time in the Coxless Four, and won the silver medal in the same discipline in both 2002 and 2003.
With
Matthew Pinsent ,
James Cracknell and
Ed Coode , Williams won Olympic gold at the
2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens in the men's coxless four.
Williams was the only member of the 2004 Olympic crew to continue racing in the 2005 season, joining
Alex Partridge ,
Pete Reed and
Andrew Triggs Hodge in the coxless four, again winning the World Championship that year and in 2006, before coming in fourth at the 2007 world championships. In 2008, Partridge was replaced in the four by Cambridge Blue
Tom James , and - despite an injury-torn season - the quartet became Olympic Champions, defeating the Australian boat by 1.28s on the day dubbed 'Super Saturday' by the media owing to the large GB medal haul. The Australians led for much of the race before a push by the British boat overhauled them in the last 400 m.
Current occupation
Williams was appointed as a fitness consultant to Andy Liddell for Ipswich Town Football Club on 3 July 2012.
Having been appointed a
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the
2005 New Year Honours , Williams was promoted to
Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the
2009 New Year Honours .
[2]
[3]
On 22 January 2010 he announced his retirement from rowing.
[4]
[5]
He has been welcomed back to
Monkton Combe School on several occasions, rowing in a
Monkton Bluefriars old boys' boat at a school regatta.
Achievements
Olympic Games
World Championships
2007 – 4th, Coxless Four (with
Pete Reed ,
Alex Partridge and
Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2006 – Gold, Coxless Four (with
Pete Reed ,
Alex Partridge and
Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2005 – Gold, Coxless Four (with
Pete Reed ,
Alex Partridge and
Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2003 – Silver, Coxless Four (with
Josh West ,
Rick Dunn and
Toby Garbett )
2002 – Silver, Coxless Four (with
Josh West ,
Rick Dunn and
Toby Garbett )
2001 – Gold, Coxless Four (with
Ed Coode ,
Rick Dunn and
Toby Garbett )
2000 – Gold, Coxed Four (with
Alistair Potts ,
Rick Dunn ,
Toby Garbett and
Graham Smith )
1999 – 5th, Coxless Pair (with
Simon Dennis )
1998 – 6th, Coxless Pair (with
Fred Scarlett )
See also
References
External links
1904 :
Stockhoff ,
Erker ,
Dietz ,
Nasse (
USA )
1908 :
Cudmore ,
Gillan ,
Mackinnon ,
Somers-Smith (
GBR )
1924 :
Eley ,
MacNabb ,
Morrison ,
Sanders (
GBR )
1928 :
Lander ,
Warriner ,
Beesly ,
Bevan (
GBR )
1932 :
Badcock ,
Edwards ,
Beresford ,
George (
GBR )
1936 :
Eckstein ,
Rom ,
Karl ,
Menne (
GER )
1948 :
Moioli ,
Morille ,
Invernizzi ,
Faggi (
ITA )
1952 :
Bonačić ,
Valenta ,
Trojanović ,
Šegvić (
YUG )
1956 :
MacKinnon ,
Loomer ,
D'Hondt ,
Arnold (
CAN )
1960 :
Ayrault ,
Nash ,
Sayre ,
Wailes (
USA )
1964 :
Hansen ,
Hasløv ,
Petersen ,
Helmudt (
DEN )
1968 :
Forberger ,
Rühle ,
Grahn ,
Schubert (
GDR )
1972 :
Forberger ,
Rühle ,
Grahn ,
Schubert (
GDR )
1976 :
Brietzke ,
Decker ,
Semmler ,
Mager (
GDR )
1980 :
Thiele ,
Decker ,
Semmler ,
Brietzke (
GDR )
1984 :
O'Connell ,
O'Brien ,
Robertson ,
Trask (
NZL )
1988 :
Schröder ,
Brudel ,
Förster ,
Greiner (
GDR )
1992 :
Cooper ,
Green ,
McKay ,
Tomkins (
AUS )
1996 :
Green ,
Ginn ,
Tomkins ,
McKay (
AUS )
2000 :
Cracknell ,
Redgrave ,
Foster ,
Pinsent (
GBR )
2004 :
Williams ,
Cracknell ,
Coode ,
Pinsent (
GBR )
2008 :
James ,
Williams ,
Reed ,
Hodge (
GBR )
2012 :
Gregory ,
James ,
Reed ,
Hodge (
GBR )
2016 :
Gregory ,
Sbihi ,
Nash ,
Louloudis (
GBR )
2020 :
Purnell ,
Turrin ,
Hargreaves ,
Hill (
AUS )
1962 :
(
Gerd Wolter ,
Dagobert Thometschek ,
Peter Paustian ,
Christian Prey )
1966 :
(
Frank Forberger ,
Frank Rühle ,
Dieter Grahn ,
Dieter Schubert )
1970 :
(
Frank Forberger ,
Frank Rühle ,
Dieter Grahn ,
Dieter Schubert )
1974 :
(
Siegfried Brietzke ,
Andreas Decker ,
Stefan Semmler ,
Wolfgang Mager )
1975 :
(
Siegfried Brietzke ,
Andreas Decker ,
Stefan Semmler ,
Wolfgang Mager )
1977 :
(
Wolfgang Mager ,
Stefan Semmler ,
Andreas Decker ,
Siegfried Brietzke )
1978 :
(
Vladimir Predbradzensky ,
Nikolay Kuznetsov ,
Valeriy Dolinin ,
Anatoly Nemtyryov )
1979 :
(
Wolfgang Mager ,
Andreas Decker ,
Stefan Semmler ,
Siegfried Brietzke )
1981 :
(
Aleksey Kamkin ,
Valeriy Dolinin ,
Aleksandr Kulagin ,
Vitaliy Eliseyev )
1982 :
(
Bruno Saile ,
Jürg Weitnauer ,
Hans-Konrad Trümpler ,
Stefan Netzle )
1983 :
(
Norbert Keßlau ,
Volker Grabow ,
Jörg Puttlitz ,
Guido Grabow )
1985 :
(
Norbert Keßlau ,
Volker Grabow ,
Jörg Puttlitz ,
Guido Grabow )
1986 :
(
Ted Swinford ,
Daniel Lyons ,
John Riley ,
Robert Espeseth )
1987 :
(
Jens Luedecke ,
Thomas Greiner ,
Ralf Brudel ,
Olaf Förster )
1989 :
(
Jens Luedecke ,
Thomas Greiner ,
Ralf Brudel ,
Olaf Förster )
1990 :
(
Nick Green ,
Mike McKay ,
James Tomkins ,
Samuel Patten )
1991 :
(
Andrew Cooper ,
Nick Green ,
Mike McKay ,
James Tomkins )
1993 :
(
Michel Andrieux ,
Daniel Fauché ,
Philippe Lot ,
Jean-Christophe Rolland )
1994 :
(
Riccardo Dei Rossi ,
Raffaello Leonardo ,
Valter Molea ,
Carlo Mornati )
1995 :
(
Riccardo Dei Rossi ,
Raffaello Leonardo ,
Valter Molea ,
Carlo Mornati )
1997 :
(
James Cracknell ,
Tim Foster ,
Matthew Pinsent ,
Steve Redgrave )
1998 :
(
James Cracknell ,
Tim Foster ,
Matthew Pinsent ,
Steve Redgrave )
1999 :
(
James Cracknell ,
Steve Redgrave ,
Ed Coode ,
Matthew Pinsent )
2001 :
(
Toby Garbett ,
Steve Williams ,
Ed Coode ,
Rick Dunn )
2002 :
(
Sebastian Thormann ,
Paul Dienstbach ,
Philipp Stüer ,
Bernd Heidicker )
2003 :
(
Cameron Baerg ,
Thomas Herschmiller ,
Jake Wetzel ,
Barney Williams )
2005 :
(
Steve Williams ,
Pete Reed ,
Alex Partridge ,
Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2006 :
(
Steve Williams ,
Pete Reed ,
Alex Partridge ,
Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2007 :
(
Carl Meyer ,
James Dallinger ,
Eric Murray ,
Hamish Bond )
2009 :
(
Alex Partridge ,
Richard Egington ,
Alex Gregory ,
Matt Langridge )
2010 :
(
Jean-Baptiste Macquet ,
Germain Chardin ,
Julien Desprès ,
Dorian Mortelette )
2011 :
(
Matt Langridge ,
Richard Egington ,
Tom James ,
Alex Gregory )
2013 :
(
Boaz Meylink ,
Kaj Hendriks ,
Mechiel Versluis ,
Robert Lücken )
2014 :
(
Alex Gregory ,
Moe Sbihi ,
George Nash ,
Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2015 :
(
Marco Di Costanzo ,
Matteo Castaldo ,
Matteo Lodo ,
Giuseppe Vicino )
2017 :
(
Joshua Hicks ,
Spencer Turrin ,
Jack Hargreaves ,
Alexander Hill )
2018 :
(
Joshua Hicks ,
Spencer Turrin ,
Jack Hargreaves ,
Alexander Hill )
2019 :
(
Mateusz Wilangowski ,
Mikołaj Burda ,
Marcin Brzeziński ,
Michał Szpakowski )
2022 :
(
William Stewart ,
Sam Nunn ,
David Ambler ,
Freddie Davidson )
2023 :
(
Oliver Wilkes ,
David Ambler ,
Matt Aldridge ,
Freddie Davidson )
1962 :
(
Bernd-Jürgen Marschner ,
Peter Neusel ,
Bernhard Britting ,
Manfred Ross , cox
Jürgen Oelke )
1966 :
(
Hanno Melzer ,
Horst Bagdonat ,
Helmut Hänsel ,
Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna , cox
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1970 :
(
Peter Berger ,
Hans-Johann Färber ,
Gerhard Auer ,
Alois Bierl , cox
Stefan Voncken )
1974 :
(
Andreas Schulz ,
Rüdiger Kunze ,
Ullrich Dießner ,
Walter Dießner , cox
Wolfgang Groß )
1975 :
(
Vladimir Eshinov ,
Nikolay Ivanov ,
Aleksandr Sema ,
Aleksandr Klepikov , cox
Aleksandr Lukyanov )
1977 :
(
Dieter Wendisch ,
Walter Dießner ,
Gottfried Döhn ,
Ullrich Dießner , cox
Andreas Gregor )
1978 :
(
Ullrich Dießner ,
Gottfried Döhn ,
Walter Dießner ,
Dieter Wendisch , cox
Andreas Gregor )
1979 :
(
Bernd Schlufter ,
Walter Dießner ,
Jens Doberschütz ,
Ullrich Dießner , cox
Werner Lutz )
1981 :
(
Dietmar Schiller ,
Jörg Friedrich ,
Bernd Niesecke ,
Harald Jährling , cox
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1982 :
(
Thomas Greiner ,
Hans Sennewald ,
Ulrich Kons ,
Ullrich Dießner , cox
Andreas Gregor )
1983 :
(
Conrad Robertson ,
Greg Johnston ,
Keith Trask ,
Les O'Connell , cox
Brett Hollister )
1985 :
(
Sigitas Kučinskas ,
Ivan Visotchkin ,
Vladimir Romanishin ,
Igor Zotov , cox
Mikhail Sassov )
1986 :
(
Frank Klawonn ,
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Bernd Niesecke ,
Karsten Schmeling , cox
Hendrik Reiher )
1987 :
(
Frank Klawonn ,
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Bernd Niesecke ,
Karsten Schmeling , cox
Hendrik Reiher )
1989 :
(
Vasile Năstase ,
Dimitrie Popescu ,
Valentin Robu ,
Vasile Tomoiagă , cox
Marin Gheorghe )
1990 :
(
Bernd Eichwurzel ,
Mario Gruessel ,
Detlef Kirchhoff ,
Stefan Schulz , cox
Hendrik Reiher )
1991 :
(
Armin Eichholz ,
Bahne Rabe ,
Matthias Ungemach ,
Armin Weyrauch , cox
Joerg Dedering )
1993 :
(
Dorin Alupei ,
Iulică Ruican ,
Nicolae Țaga ,
Viorel Talapan , cox
Marin Gheorghe )
1994 :
(
Valentin Robu ,
Iulică Ruican ,
Viorel Talapan ,
Florian Tudor , cox
Marin Gheorghe )
1995 :
(
Chris Ahrens ,
Porter Collins ,
Ben Holbrook ,
Scott Munn , cox
Peter Cipollone )
1996 :
(
Dorin Alupei ,
Gabriel Marin ,
Iulică Ruican ,
Viorel Talapan , cox
Alexei Raducanu )
1997 :
(
Antoine Béghin ,
Vincent Maliszewski ,
Bernard Roche ,
Laurent Béghin , cox
Christophe Lattaignant )
1998 :
(
Drew Ginn ,
Nick Green ,
Mike McKay ,
James Tomkins , cox
Brett Hayman )
1999 :
(
Tom Murray ,
Daniel Protz ,
Garrett Klugh ,
Jake Wetzel , cox
Sean Mulligan )
2000 :
(
Rick Dunn ,
Toby Garbett ,
Graham Smith ,
Steve Williams , cox
Alistair Potts )
2001 :
(
Gilles Bosquet ,
Vincent Gazan ,
Vincent Millot ,
Sidney Chouraqui , cox
Christophe Lattaignant )
2002 :
(
Tom Stallard ,
Steve Trapmore ,
Luka Grubor ,
Kieran West , cox
Christian Cormack )
2003 :
(
Brian McDonough ,
Matt Deakin ,
Jason Flickinger ,
Lucas McGee , cox
Marcus McElhenney )
2004 :
(
Lorenzo Carboncini ,
Stefano Introzzi ,
Edoardo Verzotti ,
Valerio Massimo , cox
Alessandro Speranza )
2005 :
(
Nicolas Podpovitny ,
Vincent Durupt ,
Alex Johnatan Mathis ,
Lionel Jacquiot , cox
Nicolas Majerus )
2006 :
(
Jan-Martin Bröer ,
Matthias Flach ,
Philipp Naruhn ,
Florian Eichner , cox
Martin Sauer )
2007 :
(
Matt Deakin ,
Dan Beery ,
Samuel Burns ,
Christopher Liwski , cox
Edmund del Guercio )