Fred Scarlett

{{Short description|British rower}}

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{{MedalSport|Men's rowing}}

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{{MedalGold | 2000 Sydney | Eight}}

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{{MedalSilver | 1999 St. Catharines | Eight }}

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Fred Scarlett MBE (born 29 April 1975 in Ashford) is an English Olympic gold medalist as a British rower.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Fred Scarlett |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/fred-scarlett-1.html |access-date=24 January 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121024181311/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/fred-scarlett-1.html |archive-date=24 October 2012}}

He took up rowing at The King's School Canterbury, and was Captain of Boats in his final year. At Oxford Brookes University, he won two Henley Royal Regatta medals, in the Temple Challenge Cup, and the Visitors Challenge Cup. He had success at the junior and under-23 levels, and at the 1998 World University Championships, he won gold in the coxless pairs. Fred then became part of the British eight with coxswain, winning a silver medal at the 1999 World Rowing Championships, and then a gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He retired shortly after. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2001 New Year Honours list.United Kingdom list: {{London Gazette |issue=56070 |date=30 December 2000 |supp=y |pages=1–27 }}

He now lives in Paris, working for Krug Champagne.