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Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||
Born | Cardiff, Wales | 5 February 1991||||||||||||||
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Country | Great Britain | ||||||||||||||
Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
Club | Agecroft RC | ||||||||||||||
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Zak Lee-Green (born 5 February 1991) is a retired Welsh and British rower. [1]
Lee-Green from Cardiff, was initially selected for the Welsh squad before winning a bronze medal for Great Britain at the 2010 World Rowing U23 Championships. He made his senior British team debut at the 2014 World Rowing Cup. [2] He won a silver medal at the 2017 World Rowing Championships in Sarasota, Florida, as part of the lightweight quadruple sculls with Edward Fisher, Gavin Horsburgh and Peter Chambers. [3] He retired from competitive rowing in 2020. [4]
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