Acer Nethercott

He joined Oxford University Boat Club after starting at Oxford and was the Oxford women's Blue Boat cox in 2000 before coxing Isis in 2002 and then moving up to the winning Blue Boat in 2003. He went on to cox the Blue Boat in 2004 and again in 2005 when Oxford avenged their previous year's defeat to Cambridge.

Nethercott gained his B.Phil in 2003 and his D.Phil in Philosophy last year when he spent some time studying at the Sorbonne in Paris.

He coxed the GB 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 crew went on to perform well at the 2005 World Rowing Championships in Gifu, Japan, finishing fourth. During 2006, he then took fifth in the Munich World Cup and sixth place in the World Cup Finals in Lucerne.

He was also part of the British men's eight, which finished fifth in the final of the 2006 World Rowing Championships at Eton. More recently, he coxed the eight to fifth place at the Linz World Cup in June 2007, to a bronze at the World Cup in Amsterdam and to fifth place at the Lucerne World Cup, capping off the 2007 season with a bronze medal at the World Rowing Championships in Munich.

Nethercott means “fierce, keen and eager” in Latin. His cousin, swimmer Kathryn Evans, competed for Great Britain at both the Athens and Sydney Olympic Games.

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Last updated August 2009