Mark Hunter (rower)

Mark Hunter (rower)

Personal information
Born	1 July 1978
Medal record Men's rowing Competitor for  Great Britain Olympic Games Gold 2008 Beijing Lightweight double sculls World Championships Gold 2010 Karapiro Lightweight double sculls Gold 2011 Bled Lightweight double sculls Bronze Munich 2007 Lightweight double sculls

Mark John Hunter MBE (born 1 July 1978, London) is a British rower.

In 2007 he partnered Zac Purchase in the Great Britain Lightweight Men's Double Scull. They won medals at each World Cup Regatta through the season.^[1] At the World Rowing Championships in Munich-Oberschleissheim they won a Bronze medal. The following year, their double dominated the lightweight event, winning all of their races, and finishing the season as Olympic champions. After a year off in 2009, they took Gold at the 2010 World Championships at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours,^[2] and was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science from the University of East London (UEL) in November, 2009.^[3]

During his year off after the 2008 Olympics, he was an Assistant Coach of UCLA Women's rowing program.^[4]

Achievements

Olympics

• 2008 Beijing – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull (stroke)

World Championships

• 2011 Bled – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull
• 2010 Lake Karapiro – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull
• 2007 Munich – Bronze, Lightweight Double Scull

World Cups

• 2008 Poznan – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull
• 2008 Lucerne – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull
• 2008 Munich – Gold, Lightweight Double Scull

• 2005 Munich – 6th, Lightweight Double Scull
• 2005 Eton – 4th, Lightweight Double Scull

2008–2009 Coached for UCLA Women's Rowing Team

Footnotes

1. ^ http://www.worldrowing.com/display/modules/news/dspNews.php?newid=324198
2. ^ London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 58929. p. 18. 31 December 2008.
3. ^ http://www.uel.ac.uk/news/stories/hab-ava-grad-09.htm
4. ^ http://www.uclabruins.com/sports/w-rowing/mtt/hunter_mark00.html

References

• "Mark Hunter". Amateur Rowing Association. http://www.ara-rowing.org/athlete/mark-hunter. Retrieved 2008-09-23. 
• "Mark Hunter". Official Web Site / Jacqueline Alexander. http://www.markhunter.eu. Retrieved 2008-10-18. 

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Name	Hunter, Mark
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Date of birth	1 July 1978
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