Josh West

West decided to continue his studies at Cambridge and joined CUBC in 1998, where he has raced in four Boat Race crews, winning in 1999 and 2001.

In 1999, he won the Ladies Plate at Henley Royal Regatta and after impressing in the GB Senior Selection Trials in 2001, where he paired with Rick Dunn, he won his first GB vest in the eight that finished fifth in the World Championships that year.

The following year West moved into the four, replacing the injured Ed Coode, and won silver at the World Championships, finishing just 0.2 seconds behind the winning Germans.

In 2003 he again rowed in the four that won silver at the World Championships.

In 2004 West raced in the men's eight at all three of the season's World Cup regattas.

At the Athens 2004 Olympic Games, the men's eight was troubled by illness at the semi–final stage and finished ninth overall.

In 2005, West spent the winter concentrating on completing his doctorate at Cambridge while maintaining his training and he finished third in the pair at the GB Rowing Senior Trials. At the Eton, Munich and Lucerne World Cups he raced in the pair before joining the eight that went on to perform well at the 2005 World Championships in Gifu, Japan, finishing fourth. In 2006 he was also selected into the eight which finished 5th in the final of the 2006 World Championships at Eton.

He was also part of the British men's eight, which finished fifth in the final of the 2006 World Championships at Eton.

He raced in the eight in the 2007 World Cup series winning a bronze medal in Amsterdam. West won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in the eight. He raced in the eight in the 2008 World Cup series finishing second, third and first.

West took up a teaching and research post at Oxford University in 2006 and his interests are travelling, geology and sleeping.

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Last Updated August 2009