Richard Egington

Ric Egington

Personal information
Full name	Richard Phillip Egington
Nationality	British
Born	(1979-02-26) 26 February 1979 (age 46) Warrington
Education	University of Reading (Zoology)
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	105 kg (231 lb)
Spouse	Vicky Thornley [1]
Medal record Men's rowing Representing   Great Britain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Eight 2012 London Eight World Championships 2009 Poznan Coxless four (M4-) 2011 Bled Coxless four (M4-)

Richard Phillip Egington (born 26 February 1979 in Warrington, Cheshire) is a British rower. He won a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics for Great Britain in the men's eight. ^[2] He was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a gold medal as part of the coxless four with Matt Langridge, Tom James and Alex Gregory. ^[3]

At the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom he was part of the British crew that won the bronze medal in the eight. ^[4]

Personal life

In 2020, Egington married Olympic rower Vicky Thornley. ^[1]

References

1. "Rowing couple finally tie the knot". Henley Standard . 7 September 2020. OLYMPIC rowing silver medallist Vicky Thornley has tied the knot with her partner Ric Egington.
2. "Team GB > Beijing 2008> Athlete profile > Richard Egington". 2008 Summer Olympics . Retrieved 3 January 2010.
3. "2011 World Rowing Championships". WorldRowing.com. World Rowing Federation. Archived from the original on 19 March 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
4. Barretto, Lawrence (2 August 2012). "Olympics rowing: GB bronze in men's eight won by Germany". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 4 August 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2012.

External links

• Richard Egington at World Rowing
• Richard Egington at Team GB
• Richard Egington at Olympics.com
• Richard Egington at Olympedia