Christopher Bates (rower)
British lightweight rower
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Christopher Bates is a former British lightweight rower.
Rowing career
Bates was three times world champion; twice with the lightweight men's four (in 1991 in Vienna and in 1992 in Montreal) and once with the lightweight men's eight (in 1994 in Indianapolis).[1] He represented England and won a gold medal in the lightweight coxless four, at the 1986 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh, Scotland.[2][3]
He was part of the coxless pairs crew, with Peter Haining, that won the national title rowing for Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association, at the 1988 National Rowing Championships.[4]
His daughter Laura, is also a very accomplished rower who has recently joined London Rowing Club.
References
- ^ "Christopher Bates". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- ^ "1986 Athletes". Team England.
- ^ "Athletes and results". Commonwealth Games Federation.
- ^ ""For the Record." Times, 18 July 1988, p. 35". Times Digital Archives.
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World champions – Lightweight men's coxless four
- 1974:
(Campbell Johnston, Andrew Michelmore, Geoffrey Rees, Colin Smith) - 1975:
(Francis Pelegri, Michel Picard, André Coupat, André Picard) - 1976: (André Picard, Michel Picard, André Coupat, Francis Pelegri)
- 1977: (André Picard, Michel Picard, André Coupat, Francis Pelegri)
- 1978:
(Michael Raduner, Thomas von Weissenfluh, Pierre Zentner, Pierre Kovacs) - 1979:
(Ian Wilson, Stuart Wilson, Colin Barratt, Nicholas Howe) - 1980: (Graham Gardiner, Charles Bartlett, Clyde Hefer, Simon Gillett)
- 1981: (Graham Gardiner, Charles Bartlett, Clyde Hefer, Simon Gillett)
- 1982:
(Marco Romano, Daniele Boschin, Paolo Martinelli
Pasquale Aiese) - 1983:
(Alberto Molina, Luis María Moreno, José María de Marco Pérez, Juan María Altuna Muñoa) - 1984: (Fernando Molina, José María de Marco Pérez, Luis María Moreno, Alberto Molina)
- 1985:
(Alwin Otten, Frank Rogall, Thomas Jaekel, Wolfgang Birkner) - 1986: (Franco Pantano, Dario Longhin, Nerio Gainotti, Mauro Torta)
- 1987: (Thomas Palm, Erik Ring, Gerd Meyer, Sebastian Franke)
- 1988: (Mauro Torta, Dario Longhin, Massimo Lana, Nerio Gainotti)
- 1989: (Klaus Altena, Stephan Fahrig, Michael Buchheit, Bernhard Stomporowski)
- 1990: (Klaus Altena, Michael Buchheit, Stephan Fahrig, Bernhard Stomporowski)
- 1991: (Christopher Bates, Toby Hessian, Tom Kay, Carl Smith)
- 1992: (Christopher Bates, Toby Hessian, Tom Kay, Carl Smith)
- 1993:
(Thomas Beetham, Matthew Collins, Chris Kerber, Jonathan Moss) - 1994:
(Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen, Niels Henriksen, Thomas Poulsen) - 1995: (Carlo Gaddi, Leonardo Pettinari, Andrea Re, Ivano Zasio)
- 1997: (Thomas Ebert, Thomas Poulsen, Eskild Ebbesen, Victor Feddersen)
- 1998: (Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Victor Feddersen, Thomas Poulsen)
- 1999: (Eskild Ebbesen, Thomas Ebert, Victor Feddersen, Thomas Poulsen)
- 2001:
(Sebastian Sageder, Bernd Wakolbinger, Wolfgang Sigl, Martin Kobau) - 2002: (Thor Kristensen, Thomas Ebert, Stephan Mølvig, Eskild Ebbesen)
- 2003: (Thor Kristensen, Thomas Ebert, Stephan Mølvig, Eskild Ebbesen)
- 2005: (Franck Solforosi, Jérémy Pouge, Jean-Christophe Bette, Fabien Tilliet)
- 2006:
(Huang Zhongming, Wu Chongkui, Lin Zhang, Tian Jun) - 2007: (Richard Chambers, James Lindsay-Fynn, Paul Mattick, James Clarke)
- 2009: (Matthias Schömann-Finck, Jost Schömann-Finck, Jochen Kühner, Martin Kühner)
- 2010: (Richard Chambers, Paul Mattick, Rob Williams, Chris Bartley)
- 2011: (Anthony Edwards, Samuel Beltz, Ben Cureton, Todd Skipworth)
- 2013: (Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Jacob Larsen, Jacob Barsøe, Morten Jørgensen)
- 2014: (Kasper Winther Jørgensen, Jacob Larsen, Jacob Barsøe, Morten Jørgensen)
- 2015: (Lucas Tramèr, Simon Schürch, Simon Niepmann, Mario Gyr)
- 2017: (Federico Duchich, Leone Barbaro, Lorenzo Tedesco, Piero Sfiligoi)
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