Alastair Heathcote

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Alastair Heathcote
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain
Olympic Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Beijing Eight
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Munich Eight
World Cup
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2008 Lucerne Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Amsterdam Eight
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2008 Poznan Eight

Alastair Heathcote (born 18 August 1977 in Athens, Greece) is a British rower and Captain in the British Army.

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Biography

Heathcote is the eldest grandson and eventual heir of Sir Gilbert Simon Heathcote, 9th Baronet. He was educated at Eton College, Newcastle University and Oxford Brookes University. His hobbies are free-form contemporary dance, pheasant stroking and coarse fishing. His father was an Old Etonian Gunner officer. His father later served as a diplomat at the British High Commission in Pakistan and later the head of security for an oil company. He was in Mustians house at Eton. He served as Captain of Boats at the school. His younger brother Nicholas is also a distinguished oarsman. He joined the army in 2001 and served in Bosnia (Operation Joint Endeavor in support of UNPROFOR) and Iraq (Operation Telic). He was selected for the Great Britain squad in 2006 and won a bronze medal in the eight at the Rowing World Cup in 2007 at Amsterdam and at the following 2007 Rowing World Championships in Munich. He was in the GB team (Men's 8) in the Beijing Olympics, where he won the silver medal. [1] He coached at Latymer Upper School in West London until 2011.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alastair Heathcote". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.