Scott Durant

Scott David Durant (born 12 February 1988) is a British rower and gold medallist in the Men's Eight at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.^[1][2]

Scott Durant
MBE

Personal information
Born	12 February 1988 (1988-02-12) (age 37) Los Angeles, United States
Height	196 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight World Championships 2014 Amsterdam M2+ 2015 Aiguebelette M4- European Championships 2016 Brandenburg Eight 2015 Poznań M4- 2014 Belgrade Eight

Rowing career

Durant, along with his brother Mason, started his rowing career at Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) they have since had a boat named after them in the school boat club fleet. He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Alan Sinclair and Henry Fieldman.^[3] The following year 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 bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes.^[4] He competed in the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznań winning a gold medal.

He was a gold medallist in the men's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Tom Ransley, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Matt Langridge, Will Satch and Phelan Hill .

Awards

Durant was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.^[5][6]