- Acer Nethercott
Acer Gary Nethercott (born
28 November 1977 inNewmarket ,England ) is a Britishcoxwain , Olympic silver medallist and double Boat Race winner.Education
Having attended Mark Hall Comprehensive and Broxbourne School in
Essex , [cite web|url=http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6776|title=Acer Nethercott|publisher=Team GB Beijing 2008|accessdate=2008-08-24] Acer was admitted toUniversity College, Oxford tophysics andphilosophy as anundergraduate .cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008/aug/07/olympics.acernethercottinterview|title=The little guy with big brains and Olympic ambition|last=Bull|first=Andy|date=2008-08-07|work=The Guardian|accessdate=2008-08-24] He subsequently studied for aMaster's degree and aDPhil in philosophy.The Boat Race
Acer took up rowing at Oxford as a first year but quickly switched to coxing when it became evident that his body type was more suited to that than pulling an oar. [ [http://www.theboatrace.org/article/thecrew/oxfordcrew/2002squad/2002isis/2002isisacernethercott] 2002 Isis profiles] He became a member of both
Oxford University Boat Club andOxford University Women's Boat Club . He earnt his first Blue when he steered the Oxford women's heavyweight blue boat to victory against Cambridge in 2000. The Oxford crew won by 2 1/4 lengths, and completed the Henley Boat Race course in a time of 6 minutes and 18 seconds.Acer then joined the Oxford University Boat Club, steering Isis to victory in 2002. A year later, he stepped up to the Blue Boat, steering Oxford in the closest
Boat Race in recent memory. In a thrilling finish Oxford won the 4 1/4 mile race by just a foot in a time of 18 minutes and 6 seconds. The race was also notable for it being the first time in history two sets of brothers competed against each other. David Livingston (Oxford) raced against his older brother James, and a last minute call up for Ben Smith (who joined theCambridge Blue Boat from Goldie hours before the race after the original crew member was injured) meant that he competed against his brother Matthew, the Oxford president.In 2004, he won his seat in the Blue Boat after a tense internal competition with
Peter Hackworth , the 2002 winning Blue Boat cox who had taken a year out to study in Italy. [ [http://www.theboatrace.org/article/thecrew/oxfordcrew/2005squad/2005blueboat/2005blueboat] 2005 Oxford Blue Boat profiles] In a controversial race, in which the two boats clashed blades and the Oxford bowman came off his seat, Oxford lost by 6 lengths in a time of 18 minutes and 17 seconds.Acer's final Boat Race was in 2005. Both universities had extremely strong intakes that year, with Cambridge boasting several world champions and the Oxford crew including Olympic silver medallist
Barney Williams . Oxford won the epic contest by 2 lengths in a time of 16 minutes 42 minutes.International Coxing Career
Acer has coxed the British Eight since 2005, winning bronze at the 2007 World Championships in Munich. A year later he won a silver medal at the Olympic Games in
Beijing .Other Rowing
Despite coxing for both
Oxford University Boat Club andGreat Britain , Nethercott has still found time to compete for University College Boat Club in 2007 in the annualEights Week competition.Achievements
Olympics
*2008
Beijing - Silver, Eight (coxswain)World Championships
*2007
Munich - Bronze, Eight (coxswain)
*2006 Eton - 5th, Eight (coxswain)
*2005Gifu - 4th, Eight (coxswain)World Cups
*2008
Poznań - Gold, Eight (coxswain)
*2008Lucerne - Bronze, Eight (coxswain)
*2008Munich - Silver, Eight (coxswain)*2007
Lucerne - 4th, Eight (coxswain)
*2007Amsterdam - Bronze, Eight (coxswain)
*2007Linz - 5th, Eight (coxswain)*2006
Lucerne - 6th, Eight (coxswain)
*2006Munich - 5th, Eight (coxswain)*2005
Lucerne - 5th, Eight (coxswain)
*2005 Eton - Bronze, Eight (coxswain)References
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