Tom Stallard

He also rowed in four University Boat Races for Cambridge from 1999 – 2002, winning twice, and was Cambridge President in 2002.

Stallard gained his first senior Great Britain vest when he won gold in the coxed four at the 2002 World Rowing Championships in Seville with three of the Olympic gold medal winning eight from Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. He followed this with a silver medal in the same boat class at the 2003 World Championships in Milan and went on to gain Olympic selection for Athens 2004 Olympic Games in the eight, finishing ninth.

Stallard raced in the men's eight throughout the World Cup series in 2005 taking a bronze medal at Eton in May and a fifth place at the World Cup finals in Lucerne in July. The eight went on to perform well at the 2005 World Championships in Gifu, Japan, finishing fourth.

The 2006 World Cup saw further strength with a fifth place in Munich and sixth in Lucerne. He was also part of the British men's eight which finished fifth in the final of the 2006 World Championships at Eton.

In 2007 he won a bronze medal in the eight at the World Rowing Championships. He came fifth in the men's eight at the Linz World Cup in June 2007, won a bronze in the eight at the Amsterdam World Cup and came fourth in the men's eight at the Lucerne World Cup. He raced in the eight in the 2008 World Cup series finishing second, third and first.

Stallard is studying for a Masters in motorsport engineering at Brunel University and is building an AC Cobra replica in his spare time

Last Updated August 2009