Matt Langridge
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Matthew Langridge MBE (born 20 May 1983) is a British rower. At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight.[1] He was the 2015 European Champion in the men's pair, along with James Foad. At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight.
Biography
Junior
Matthew was born in Crewe, Cheshire, and grew up in the town of Northwich, attending Hartford High School and gaining his A Levels at St Nicholas Catholic High School. He started rowing at Northwich Rowing Club being coached by Paul Rafferty.
At his first World Rowing Junior Championships in Zagreb, Croatia in 2000 he narrowly missed out on a medal coming fourth in the double scull with Pete Wells of Queen Elizabeth High School, Hexham. A few weeks earlier they had lost out in the final of the Double Sculls Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta, to the Danish double of Kalizan and Samuelsen.
In 2001 he was the first ever junior British oarsman to win the gold medal in the single sculls event in the World Rowing Junior Championships in Duisburg, Germany in 2001. Later that year, he broke the British Indoor Rowing record for 2,000m in the J18 category, posting a time of 5 minutes and 59 seconds.
Senior
Matthew raced at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the Men's Double Sculls with Matthew Wells, and missed out by 0.06 seconds on a place in Final A. They won Final B, ranking them 8th overall, as the A final included 7 crews (rather than the typical 6) due to a tie for 3rd between Norway and USA in semi-final A.
In the 2007 season he won two
In the
At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the men's eight.[1] He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxless pair with James Foad[3] and was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxless pair with James Foad.[4]
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro he was part of the British crew that won the gold medal in the men's eight. Soon afterwards, he retired from professional rowing and spent a year working as a rowing coach for The Grange School, Hartford.
After rowing
In October 2020, Langridge qualified as a commercial pilot.[5]
Honours
Langridge was awarded the MBE in the Queen's 2017 New Year Honours list for services to rowing.[6]
Achievements
Olympics
- 2016 Rio de Janeiro – GOLD, Eight, (7)
- 2012 London – BRONZE, Eight, (2)
- 2008 Beijing – SILVER, Eight (7)
- 2004 Athens – 8th, Double (stroke)
World Championships
- 2015 Lac d'Aiguebelette – Silver, Coxless Pair (stroke)
- 2014 Amsterdam – Silver, Coxless Pair (stroke)
- 2011 Bled – Gold, Men's Four
- 2010 Lake Karapiro – 4th, Men's Four
- 2009 Poznań – Gold, Men's Four
- 2007 Munich – Bronze, Coxless Pair (stroke)
World Cups
- 2008 Poznań – Gold, Eight (7)
- 2008 Lucerne – Bronze, Eight (3)
- 2008 Munich – Silver, Eight (3)
- 2007 Amsterdam – Gold, Eight (7)
- 2007 Linz – Gold, Coxless Pair (stroke)
Junior World Championships
- 2001 Duisburg – Gold, Single Scull
References
- ^ a b Barretto, Lawrence (2 August 2012). "Olympics rowing: GB bronze in men's eight won by Germany". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2 August 2012.
- ^ "2011 World Rowing Championships". WorldRowing.com. World Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
- International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ^ @matt_langridge8 (13 October 2020). "So that's a wrap. Yesterday I..." (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Team GB stars dominate New Year's Honours List". Team GB. 30 December 2016.