Ed Coode

Ed Coode, MBE (born June 19, 1975 in Bodmin, Cornwall) is a British rower, twice World Champion and Olympic Gold medalist.

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Educated at Eton College, Newcastle University and Oxford University, he rowed in the Oxford crew at the 1998 Boat Race.

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Coode won his first world championship in 1999, as a substitute in the British men's coxless four, rowing with Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell. When Tim Foster returned to the four, Coode was put into the coxless pair with Greg Searle. They finished 4th at the Sydney Olympics having lead for most of the race and then being overtaken by three crews in the last 250 m.

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In 2001, he won a second World Championship in the men's coxless four with Steve Williams, Rick Dunn and Toby Garbett. In 2002, he missed the World Championships due to injury, Josh West taking his place in the coxless four, and was in the men's eight in 2003 that won the bronze at that year's world championships.

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With the injury to Alex Partridge, Coode was moved from the eight to the coxless four for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, rowing with Pinsent, Cracknell and Williams. In a close race with World champions Canada, they won gold.

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In October 2004, Coode announced he was retiring from rowing - taking a year out to travel and then study for a law degree.

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