Steve Trapmore

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Stephen Patrick Trapmore {{post-nominals|MBE}} (born 18 March 1975) is an English rowing coach and former rower who represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Steve Trapmore |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/steve-trapmore-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418025413/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/tr/steve-trapmore-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |access-date=13 December 2017}} He is currently the High Performance Coach within the Great Britain Olympic Rowing programme, developing athletes and crews to compete at World and Olympic competition.

Education

Trapmore attended Halliford School,{{Cite web |last=Smurthwaite |first=Tom |last2=Updated |date=2016-04-03 |title=Boat Race winning coach raced as a junior at Walton Rowing Club |url=https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/boat-race-winning-coach-steve-11126913 |access-date=2024-08-03 |website=Surrey Live |language=en}} Shepperton, before going on to study Engineering at Nottingham Trent University.Surrey Herald Thursday 25 July 1996, page 77 He was awarded an honorary degree from Trent in 2017 in recognition of his contribution to the sport of rowing.{{cite news |last1=Barlow |first1=Jamie |title=Man who saves hundreds of lives during floods in India named Alumnus of the Year by university |url=http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/nottingham-news/man-who-saves-hundreds-lives-895773 |access-date=18 December 2017 |work=Nottingham Post |date=8 December 2017}}

Rowing career

Trapmore started rowing at 15 at the Walton Rowing Club.{{cite news |last1=Smurthwaite |first1=Tom |title=Boat Race winning coach Steve Trapmore remembers early years at Walton Rowing Club |url=http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/boat-race-winning-coach-steve-11126913 |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=getSurrey |date=3 April 2016}} By the age of 17 he was in the Great Britain Junior Team, competing in the Junior World Championships in 1993.{{cite news |last1=Quarrell |first1=Rachel |title=Olympic champion Steve Trapmore appointed Cambridge University's chief coach |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/7911427/Cambridge-University-Steve-Trapmore-Boat-Race-Chris-Nilsson-Imperial-College.html |access-date=13 December 2017 |work=The Telegraph |date=26 July 2010}} As a senior athlete he trained with the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association, winning his first senior medal in Aiguebelette in 1997. In 2000, he was part of the Great Britain eight that won at the Sydney Olympics, stroking the crew. He has also won a gold, silver and bronze medal at the World Championships as well as wins at Henley Royal Regatta and the Eights Head of the River race with Queen's Tower BC training out of the Imperial College Boat House.{{cite web |title=Steve Trapmore |url=http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/11082/results/trapmore-steve |website=World Rowing |access-date=14 December 2017 |archive-date=14 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171214183210/http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/11082/results/trapmore-steve |url-status=dead }}

Coaching career

Following his retirement as an athlete in 2002, he began coaching Imperial College in 2007, and was appointed Head Coach there a year later. In 2010, Trapmore accepted the post as Chief Coach of Cambridge University Boat Club, leading them into the 2011 Boat Race campaign. In the years that followed Steve brought stability to the Cambridge programme developing a robust environment for scholar athletes of all backgrounds to excel in a ruthless but rewarding team environment. He coached the Light Blues to victory in 2012 and 2016. In December 2017, it was announced that Trapmore had accepted the role of High Performance Coach within the Great Britain Olympic Rowing programme and would be leaving Cambridge University Boat Club after the 2018 Boat Race.{{cite web |title=Steve Trapmore to take up GB High Performance Role |url=http://www.theboatrace.org/news/steve-trapmore-take-gb-high-performance-role |website=The Boat Race |access-date=13 December 2017 |archive-date=15 December 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215191840/http://www.theboatrace.org/news/steve-trapmore-take-gb-high-performance-role |url-status=dead }} He went on to coach the GB Mens 8{{cite web |title=British Olympic Association selects Olympic rowing team for Tokyo 2020 |url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2021/06/british-olympic-association-selects-olympic-rowing-team-for-tokyo-2020 |website=British Rowing |access-date=9 June 2021}} to a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and Gold Medal{{cite web |title=Team GB rowers sign off with men’s eight gold and end regatta on a high |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/03/paris-olympics-2024-rowing-report |website=The Guardian |access-date=3 August 2024}} at the Paris Olympics. The win in Paris makes him a member of a select group pf people who have won Olympic Gold as an athlete and coach.