Matt Gotrel

Matthew Anthony William Gotrel (born 1 March 1989) is a British rower.

Matthew Gotrel
MBE

Gotrel (right) at the European Championships
Personal information
Birth name	Matthew Anthony William Gotrel[1]
Born	(1989-03-01) 1 March 1989 (age 36) Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Sport
Sport	Rowing
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro M8+ World Championships 2014 Amsterdam M8+ 2015 Aiguebelette M8+

Rowing career

At the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam he was a member of the gold medal-winning eight with Nathaniel Reilly-O'Donnell, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Tom Ransley, Constantine Louloudis and Phelan Hill.^[2] The following year this was repeated when he was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight with Louloudis, Reed, Bennett, Moe Sbihi, Alex Gregory, George Nash, Satch and Hill.^[3]

He won a gold medal in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics.^[4][5]

Awards

Gotrel was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.^[6]