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Matthew Wells Biography
Rower who won a bronze medal in the men’s double sculls at the 2008 Olympics and silver in the same event at the 2010 World Championships.
He graduated from Queen Elizabeth High School.
He won bronze at the 2006 World Championships in the double sculls.
He grew up with a brother named Peter Wells in Hexham, England.
Cyclist Nicole Cooke also competed for Great Britain in the 2008 Olympics, winning gold in the women’s road race.
Matthew Wells (born 19 April 1979) is a British Olympic rower. He has competed in multiple Olympic Games and World Championships, and won a bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
In 1996 he won the Single sculls at the Coupe de la Jeunesse, and won gold in the Double sculls at the World Rowing Junior Championships in 1997. He took bronze at the World Under 23 Rowing Championships in 1999, after missing out on competition for a year due to injury.
In 2000, he took gold in the Single sculls at the World Under 23 Rowing Championships, then represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics, finishing in ninth place.
In 2003, Wells came fifth in the World Rowing Championships in Milan in the men’s Double sculls with Ian Lawson. In 2004, he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics with Matt Langridge in the men’s Double sculls, narrowly missing out on the final but winning the B final to finish seventh overall.
Transferring to the Quad sculls in 2005, he won a bronze in the World Rowing Cup at Lucerne, the first world-level medal ever to be won by a GB men’s quad. This crew went on to finish 7th in the World Rowing Championships.
Wells then returned to the Double sculls, claiming bronze at the 2006 World Championships held at Dorney Lake, Eton, UK, but finished fourth in 2007. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Wells and Stephen Rowbotham took Britain’s first men’s Olympic sculling medal since 1976, winning bronze in the men’s Double sculls.
Wells was appointed as Director of Rowing at Monkton Combe School, near Bath in 2012. Wells spearheaded the physical education at Monkton Combe. In September 2018 he took up the post of Director of Rowing at Bedford Girls School. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he was part of the British quadruple sculls team that finished 5th.
In September 2019 he took up the post of Head of Physical Education Faculty at Kings of Wessex Academy, Cheddar.
What's Matthew Wells Net Worth 2024
Net Worth (2024) | $1 Million (Approx.) |
Net Worth (2023) | Under Review |
Net Worth (2022) | Under Review |
Net Worth (2021) | Under Review |
Net Worth (2020) | Under Review |
Matthew Wells Family
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