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| Full name | William Fletcher | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | British | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 December 1989 Chester-le-Street | |||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 2006-2020 | |||||||||||||||||
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William Fletcher (born 24 December 1989) is a retired British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.
Fletcher studied at Durham University as a member of Hild Bede, graduating with a Modern Languages degree in 2011. [1]
He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Jono Clegg and Chris Bartley. [2]
He 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 lightweight double scull with Richard Chambers. [3]
He and Richard Chambers placed seventh in the men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. [4] [5] [6]
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