Ben Hunt-Davis
Medal record
Representing the  United Kingdom
Men's rowing
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Eights

Benedict Hunt-Davis (born 15 March 1972) is a former British competition rower and an Olympic Champion.

Ben was educated at Shiplake College, Henley-on-Thames in Oxfordshire

Hunt-Davis won a gold medal in coxed eights at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, as a member of the British rowing team, the only British crew to have won this event since 1912. [1]

Hunt-Davis is a keynote speaker and owns Point8 Coaching, a corporate development company. He also works for the British Olympic Association and he is the Chairman of the 2011 World Rowing Junior Championships.

He has co-authored a book "Will It Make The Boat Go Faster?" with Harriet Beveridge. [2]

On 3rd June, 2012, Ben was amongst the rowers on the Gloriana (barge) with the Olympic Torch at the start of the Thames Diamond Jubilee Pagent.[3]

References

  1. ^ Profile: Ben Hunt-Davis sports.reference.com (Retrieved on 12 December 2008)
  2. ^ "Will It Make The Boat Go Faster? Olympic-winning strategies for everyday success". www.troubador.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2012.
  3. ^ "WOlympic torch: Flame awaits the Olympic ceremony". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 14 December 2012.

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