Charles Cousins

Charles Cousins
Personal information
Born13 December 1988 (1988-12-13) (age 36)
Cambridge, England
Sport
ClubTeam Bath
Medal record
Men's Rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Amsterdam M4x
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Chungju M4x
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 2014 Belgrade M4x

Charles Peter Cousins (born 13 December 1988) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.[1]

Rowing career

Cousins competed in the quadruple sculls at the 2012 Summer Olympics with Stephen Rowbotham, Tom Solesbury and Matthew Wells finishing in fifth place.[2]

He competed in the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju gaining a bronze medal in the men's quadruple sculls with Graeme Thomas, Sam Townsend and Peter Lambert.[3] At the 2014 World Championships, he won a silver medal in the same event, again with Thomas, Townsend and Lambert.[4] The same team won the silver medal at the 2014 European Championships.[5]

Coaching

Cousins was a coach for the Abingdon School Boat Club.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Charles Cousins". www.london2012.com. Archived from the original on 29 April 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Biographical information". Olympedia.
  3. ^ "2013 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Chungju, KOR – (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  4. ^ "2014 WORLD ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Amsterdam, NED – (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  5. ^ "2014 EUROPEAN ROWING CHAMPIONSHIPS – Belgrade, SRB – (M4x) Men's Quadruple Sculls – Final". www.worldrowing.com. Retrieved 11 October 2017.
  6. ^ "ROWING: Charles Cousins is class act at GB trials". The Herald.


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