Matthew Langridge

Langridge learnt to row at Northwich RC under his coach and mentor Paul Rafferty, who has guided him throughout his career. He won the single in the Coupe de la Jeunesse in 1999 and in 2000; he raced in the double scull at the World Junior Championships with Peter Wells, finishing fourth.

In 2001 Langridge became the first GB rower to become World Junior Champion in the single.  In an outstanding performance in Duisburg he came through the field to win by more than five seconds.

Langridge won his first senior vest in 2003 and raced in the men’s quad at the World Championships in Milan, where the crew finished ninth overall and qualified for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games. This was Langridge’s first full year on the senior team and the quad’s result was a major achievement for the GB men’s sculling squad.

In 2004, he gained Olympic selection in the double with Langridge Wells where they missed a place in the final by the narrowest of margins but raced with credit to win the B Final.

Langridge was second in the singles at the 2005 GB Rowing Senior Trials for the second consecutive year and raced in the quad in the World Cup regattas, taking a bronze in Lucerne at the World Cup Finals. At the World Championships in Gifu, Japan, the crew won the B Final to finish seventh overall.

After the 2005 Worlds, Langridge made the major decision to move from sculling to sweep and has steadily risen up the ranks in the sweep squad. He finished fifth in the eight at the World Championships in Eton and won a bronze medal in the pair in Munich at the 2007 World Championships.

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Last Updated September 2009