Rob Williams (rower, born 1985)
{{short description|British rower (born 1985)}}
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| caption = Rob Williams at the 2012 Summer Olympics
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| birth_place = Taplow
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| nationality = British
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| club = London Rowing Club
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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{GBR2}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | Olympic Games }}
{{MedalSilver | 2012 London | LM4- }}
{{MedalCompetition | World Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalGold | 2010 Karapiro | LM4- }}
{{MedalBronze | 2007 Munich | LM4x }}
{{MedalBronze | 2011 Lake Bled | LM4- }}
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Rob Williams (born 21 January 1985, in Taplow) is a British rower who competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Rowing career
Williams was part of the British squad that topped the medal table at the 2011 World Rowing Championships in Bled, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Richard Chambers, Chris Bartley, and Paul Mattick.{{cite web |title=2011 World Rowing Championships |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/ |website=WorldRowing.com |publisher=World Rowing Federation |access-date=20 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319205128/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/ |archive-date=19 March 2016 }}
He won a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games as part of the men's lightweight four.{{Cite web |title=Rob Williams Bio, Stats, and Results |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/rob-williams-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418040231/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/wi/rob-williams-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |website=Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |access-date=23 September 2015}}
References
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- {{FISA|25794|Rob Williams}}
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Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic rowers for Great Britain
Category:Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain
Category:Olympic medalists in rowing
Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain
Category:21st-century English sportsmen
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