Simon Dennis (rower)

Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:MedalTop Template:MedalSport Template:MedalGold Template:MedalBottom Simon John Dennis MBE (born 24 August 1976) is a British rower and Olympic gold medalist.

Dennis was born in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. He started rowing at St Paul's School, London, coached by Michael Streat and his first international appearance was in 1994 in the GB eight at the World Rowing Junior Championships, winning a bronze medal. After school he attended Imperial College London, winning two Henley Royal Regatta races with them.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

He raced in the eight at the World Championships in 1997 and 1998, before rowing with Steve Williams in the coxless pair for the 1999 season, winning the Silver Goblets and Nickall's Challenge cup at Henley. In 2000 he returned to the men's eight which won a gold medal at the Sydney Olympics.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He is now a teacher of Biology at Marlborough College in Wiltshire.

Now that his former rowing days have passed, Dennis proceeds with his midlife as a teacher at Marlborough college, here he teaches biology and extended project. Furthermore, to add another string to his bow, Dennis has been a proud manager of the infamous marlborough college 4th XV where, despite his stacking track record of losses, he remains to be a strong and admirable leader, just as he was at the sydney 8's world cup in 2000.

Achievements

• Olympic Medals: 1 Gold
• World Championship Medals: 0
• Junior World Championship Medals: 1 Bronze

Olympic Games

• 2000 – Gold, Eight (with Andrew Lindsay, Ben Hunt-Davis, Louis Attrill, Luka Grubor, Kieran West, Fred Scarlett, Steve Trapmore, Rowley Douglas)

World Championships

• 2001 – 5th, Eight
• 1999 – 5th, Coxless Pair (with Steve Williams)
• 1998 – 7th, Eight
• 1997 – 4th, Eight

Junior World Championships

• 1994 – Bronze, Eight

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