Fred Gill
At the 2011 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, Fred raced in the men's four with Mason Durant, Matthew Tarrant and Scott Durant, finishing 7th.
Fred stroked the GB eight that won the 2010 World University Rowing Championships in Szeged, Hungary. Earlier that year he was stroke of the winning Cambridge boat in the 2010 Boat Race.
Fred started rowing in his first year at Newcastle University in 2006 and enjoyed it instantly – both the training and the social side of it.
In 2008 he was a member of Newcastle University’s men’s coxed four that won the Prince Albert Challenge cup at Henley. Two weeks later he represented the GB Rowing Team at the World Rowing Under 23 Championships in the men’s eight where he came 5th. And in September in Belgrade, Serbia, Fred took bronze in the pair at the 2008 World University Rowing Championships.
After graduating from Cambridge in 2010 with a 2.1 in Land Economy, Fred worked as a coach at Latymer Upper School which he really enjoyed but decided to concentrate on rowing full time in 2011 to try and make the senior team for London 2012.
Outside of rowing Fred loves playing golf in the summer. He also enjoys watching and following almost all sport, but mainly football and cricket, and is a very keen Newcastle United fan.
Fred is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.
