Ed Coode
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Birth name | Edward Robert Coode | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Indian Queens, Cornwall, England | 19 June 1975|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 193 cm (6 ft 4 in)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 96 kg (212 lb)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sport | Men's rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Coxless four | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Oxford University Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Leander Club Imperial College Boat Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Edward R. Coode,
Early life
Born in
Career
Coode won his first World Championship in 1999, as a substitute in the British men's coxless four, rowing with
In 2001, he won a second World Championship in the men's coxless four with Steve Williams, Rick Dunn and Toby Garbett. In 2002, he missed the World Championships due to injury, Josh West taking his place in the coxless four, and was in the men's eight in 2003 that won the bronze at that year's world championships.
With the injury to Alex Partridge, Coode was moved from the eight to the coxless four for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, rowing with Pinsent, Cracknell and Williams. In a close race with World champions Canada, they won gold.
Retirement
In October 2004, Coode announced he was retiring from rowing – taking a year out to travel in South America and then study for a law degree at University of the West of England in Bristol.[4] Following two years at university he spent two years as a trainee solicitor at Bristol firm Burges Salmon, before qualifying and joining family law firm Coodes Solicitors, which has branches across Cornwall.
Personal life
Coode was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours for services to sport.[5]
On 17 September 2005 Coode married Clare Smales in the St Mary's and St Julian's Church, Maker, Cornwall. They have four children.[citation needed]
Achievements
- Olympic Medals: 1 Gold
- World Championship Medals: 2 Gold, 2 Bronze
- Junior World ChampionshipMedals: 1 Silver
- Blue Boat(lost)
Olympic Games
- 2004 – Gold, Coxless four (with James Cracknell, Steve Williams, Matthew Pinsent)
- 2000 – 4th, Coxless pair (with Greg Searle)
World championships
- 2003 – Bronze, Eight
- 2001 – Gold, Coxless four (with Steve Williams, Rick Dunn, Toby Garbett)
- 1999 – Gold, Coxless four (with Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell)
- 1998 – 7th, Eight
- 1997 – Bronze, Coxed four
Junior World championships
- 1993 – Silver, Coxless four
References
- ^ a b c Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ed Coode". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2016.
- ^ "Old Papplewickian" (PDF). No. 6. 2006. p. 9.
- ISBN 9780711229365.
- ^ "Ed Coode joins Coodes' Private Client Team". coodes.co.uk. 4 February 2010.
- ^ "New Year Honours--United Kingdom", The London Gazette of Thursday 30 December 2004 Supplement No. 1; accessed 28 August 2022.