English rower
Steve Willams
Williams on the summit of Mount Everest in May 2011
Full name Stephen David Williams Nationality Great Britain Born (1976-04-15 ) 15 April 1976 (age 48) Royal Leamington Spa, United Kingdom Alma mater Oxford Brookes University Height 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in) Updated on 31 January 2016
Stephen David Williams OBE (born 15 April 1976 in Leamington Spa [1] ) is an English rower and double Olympic champion . In April and May 2011, Williams walked to the North Pole and achieved the summit of Mount Everest .
Williams was educated at Monkton Combe School , Bath , where he began rowing aged 13. He attended Oxford Brookes University where he studied History and Town planning .
International career [ edit ]
Williams made his full international debut in 1998 at the age of 22. He partnered Fred Scarlett in the coxless pair, and came sixth in his first world championships. A year later he partnered Simon Dennis in the same event, this time finishing fifth. In 2000 both Scarlett and Dennis won seats in the GB Eight for the Olympics in Sydney but Williams just missed out, and instead was a member of the Coxed Four which won a gold medal at the World Championships in Zagreb for non-Olympic events.
In 2001 he was again world champion, this time in the Coxless Four, and won the silver medal in the same discipline in both 2002 and 2003.
With Matthew Pinsent , James Cracknell and Ed Coode , Williams won Olympic gold at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens in the men's coxless four.
Williams was the only member of the 2004 Olympic crew to continue racing in the 2005 season, joining Alex Partridge , Pete Reed and Andrew Triggs Hodge in the coxless four, again winning the World Championship that year and in 2006, before coming in fourth at the 2007 world championships. In 2008, Partridge was replaced in the four by Cambridge Blue Tom James , and - despite an injury-torn season - the quartet became Olympic Champions, defeating the Australian boat by 1.28s on the day dubbed 'Super Saturday' by the media owing to the large GB medal haul. The Australians led for much of the race before a push by the British boat overhauled them in the last 400 m.
Williams was appointed as a fitness consultant to Andy Liddell for Ipswich Town Football Club on 3 July 2012.
Having been appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours , Williams was promoted to Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2009 New Year Honours .[2] [3]
On 22 January 2010 he announced his retirement from rowing.[4] [5]
He has been welcomed back to Monkton Combe School on several occasions, rowing in a Monkton Bluefriars old boys' boat at a school regatta.
World Championships [ edit ]
2007 – 4th, Coxless Four (with Pete Reed , Alex Partridge and Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2006 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Pete Reed , Alex Partridge and Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2005 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Pete Reed , Alex Partridge and Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2003 – Silver, Coxless Four (with Josh West , Rick Dunn and Toby Garbett )
2002 – Silver, Coxless Four (with Josh West , Rick Dunn and Toby Garbett )
2001 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Ed Coode , Rick Dunn and Toby Garbett )
2000 – Gold, Coxed Four (with Alistair Potts , Rick Dunn , Toby Garbett and Graham Smith )
1999 – 5th, Coxless Pair (with Simon Dennis )
1998 – 6th, Coxless Pair (with Fred Scarlett )
1904 : Stockhoff , Erker , Dietz , Nasse (USA )
1908 : Cudmore , Gillan , Mackinnon , Somers-Smith (GBR )
1924 : Eley , MacNabb , Morrison , Sanders (GBR )
1928 : Lander , Warriner , Beesly , Bevan (GBR )
1932 : Badcock , Edwards , Beresford , George (GBR )
1936 : Eckstein , Rom , Karl , Menne (GER )
1948 : Moioli , Morille , Invernizzi , Faggi (ITA )
1952 : Bonačić , Valenta , Trojanović , Šegvić (YUG )
1956 : MacKinnon , Loomer , D'Hondt , Arnold (CAN )
1960 : Ayrault , Nash , Sayre , Wailes (USA )
1964 : Hansen , Hasløv , Petersen , Helmudt (DEN )
1968 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR )
1972 : Forberger , Rühle , Grahn , Schubert (GDR )
1976 : Brietzke , Decker , Semmler , Mager (GDR )
1980 : Thiele , Decker , Semmler , Brietzke (GDR )
1984 : O'Connell , O'Brien , Robertson , Trask (NZL )
1988 : Schröder , Brudel , Förster , Greiner (GDR )
1992 : Cooper , Green , McKay , Tomkins (AUS )
1996 : Green , Ginn , Tomkins , McKay (AUS )
2000 : Cracknell , Redgrave , Foster , Pinsent (GBR )
2004 : Williams , Cracknell , Coode , Pinsent (GBR )
2008 : James , Williams , Reed , Hodge (GBR )
2012 : Gregory , James , Reed , Hodge (GBR )
2016 : Gregory , Sbihi , Nash , Louloudis (GBR )
2020 : Purnell , Turrin , Hargreaves , Hill (AUS )
2024 : Best , Corrigan , Grady , Mead (USA )
1962 : (Gerd Wolter , Dagobert Thometschek , Peter Paustian , Christian Prey )
1966 : (Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert )
1970 : (Frank Forberger , Frank Rühle , Dieter Grahn , Dieter Schubert )
1974 : (Siegfried Brietzke , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Wolfgang Mager )
1975 : (Siegfried Brietzke , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Wolfgang Mager )
1977 : (Wolfgang Mager , Stefan Semmler , Andreas Decker , Siegfried Brietzke )
1978 : (Vladimir Predbradzensky , Nikolay Kuznetsov , Valeriy Dolinin , Anatoly Nemtyryov )
1979 : (Wolfgang Mager , Andreas Decker , Stefan Semmler , Siegfried Brietzke )
1981 : (Aleksey Kamkin , Valeriy Dolinin , Aleksandr Kulagin , Vitaliy Eliseyev )
1982 : (Bruno Saile , Jürg Weitnauer , Hans-Konrad Trümpler , Stefan Netzle )
1983 : (Norbert Keßlau , Volker Grabow , Jörg Puttlitz , Guido Grabow )
1985 : (Norbert Keßlau , Volker Grabow , Jörg Puttlitz , Guido Grabow )
1986 : (Ted Swinford , Daniel Lyons , John Riley , Robert Espeseth )
1987 : (Jens Luedecke , Thomas Greiner , Ralf Brudel , Olaf Förster )
1989 : (Jens Luedecke , Thomas Greiner , Ralf Brudel , Olaf Förster )
1990 : (Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , Samuel Patten )
1991 : (Andrew Cooper , Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins )
1993 : (Michel Andrieux , Daniel Fauché , Philippe Lot , Jean-Christophe Rolland )
1994 : (Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea , Carlo Mornati )
1995 : (Riccardo Dei Rossi , Raffaello Leonardo , Valter Molea , Carlo Mornati )
1997 : (James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )
1998 : (James Cracknell , Tim Foster , Matthew Pinsent , Steve Redgrave )
1999 : (James Cracknell , Steve Redgrave , Ed Coode , Matthew Pinsent )
2001 : (Toby Garbett , Steve Williams , Ed Coode , Rick Dunn )
2002 : (Sebastian Thormann , Paul Dienstbach , Philipp Stüer , Bernd Heidicker )
2003 : (Cameron Baerg , Thomas Herschmiller , Jake Wetzel , Barney Williams )
2005 : (Steve Williams , Pete Reed , Alex Partridge , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2006 : (Steve Williams , Pete Reed , Alex Partridge , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2007 : (Carl Meyer , James Dallinger , Eric Murray , Hamish Bond )
2009 : (Alex Partridge , Richard Egington , Alex Gregory , Matt Langridge )
2010 : (Jean-Baptiste Macquet , Germain Chardin , Julien Desprès , Dorian Mortelette )
2011 : (Matt Langridge , Richard Egington , Tom James , Alex Gregory )
2013 : (Boaz Meylink , Kaj Hendriks , Mechiel Versluis , Robert Lücken )
2014 : (Alex Gregory , Moe Sbihi , George Nash , Andrew Triggs Hodge )
2015 : (Marco Di Costanzo , Matteo Castaldo , Matteo Lodo , Giuseppe Vicino )
2017 : (Joshua Hicks , Spencer Turrin , Jack Hargreaves , Alexander Hill )
2018 : (Joshua Hicks , Spencer Turrin , Jack Hargreaves , Alexander Hill )
2019 : (Mateusz Wilangowski , Mikołaj Burda , Marcin Brzeziński , Michał Szpakowski )
2022 : (William Stewart , Sam Nunn , David Ambler , Freddie Davidson )
2023 : (Oliver Wilkes , David Ambler , Matt Aldridge , Freddie Davidson )
1962 : (Bernd-Jürgen Marschner , Peter Neusel , Bernhard Britting , Manfred Ross , cox Jürgen Oelke )
1966 : (Hanno Melzer , Horst Bagdonat , Helmut Hänsel , Karl-Heinz Grzeschuchna , cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1970 : (Peter Berger , Hans-Johann Färber , Gerhard Auer , Alois Bierl , cox Stefan Voncken )
1974 : (Andreas Schulz , Rüdiger Kunze , Ullrich Dießner , Walter Dießner , cox Wolfgang Groß )
1975 : (Vladimir Eshinov , Nikolay Ivanov , Aleksandr Sema , Aleksandr Klepikov , cox Aleksandr Lukyanov )
1977 : (Dieter Wendisch , Walter Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Ullrich Dießner , cox Andreas Gregor )
1978 : (Ullrich Dießner , Gottfried Döhn , Walter Dießner , Dieter Wendisch , cox Andreas Gregor )
1979 : (Bernd Schlufter , Walter Dießner , Jens Doberschütz , Ullrich Dießner , cox Werner Lutz )
1981 : (Dietmar Schiller , Jörg Friedrich , Bernd Niesecke , Harald Jährling , cox Klaus-Dieter Ludwig )
1982 : (Thomas Greiner , Hans Sennewald , Ulrich Kons , Ullrich Dießner , cox Andreas Gregor )
1983 : (Conrad Robertson , Greg Johnston , Keith Trask , Les O'Connell , cox Brett Hollister )
1985 : (Sigitas Kučinskas , Ivan Visotchkin , Vladimir Romanishin , Igor Zotov , cox Mikhail Sassov )
1986 : (Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , cox Hendrik Reiher )
1987 : (Frank Klawonn , Bernd Eichwurzel , Bernd Niesecke , Karsten Schmeling , cox Hendrik Reiher )
1989 : (Vasile Năstase , Dimitrie Popescu , Valentin Robu , Vasile Tomoiagă , cox Marin Gheorghe )
1990 : (Bernd Eichwurzel , Mario Gruessel , Detlef Kirchhoff , Stefan Schulz , cox Hendrik Reiher )
1991 : (Armin Eichholz , Bahne Rabe , Matthias Ungemach , Armin Weyrauch , cox Joerg Dedering )
1993 : (Dorin Alupei , Iulică Ruican , Nicolae Țaga , Viorel Talapan , cox Marin Gheorghe )
1994 : (Valentin Robu , Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , Florian Tudor , cox Marin Gheorghe )
1995 : (Chris Ahrens , Porter Collins , Ben Holbrook , Scott Munn , cox Peter Cipollone )
1996 : (Dorin Alupei , Gabriel Marin , Iulică Ruican , Viorel Talapan , cox Alexei Raducanu )
1997 : (Antoine Béghin , Vincent Maliszewski , Bernard Roche , Laurent Béghin , cox Christophe Lattaignant )
1998 : (Drew Ginn , Nick Green , Mike McKay , James Tomkins , cox Brett Hayman )
1999 : (Tom Murray , Daniel Protz , Garrett Klugh , Jake Wetzel , cox Sean Mulligan )
2000 : (Rick Dunn , Toby Garbett , Graham Smith , Steve Williams , cox Alistair Potts )
2001 : (Gilles Bosquet , Vincent Gazan , Vincent Millot , Sidney Chouraqui , cox Christophe Lattaignant )
2002 : (Tom Stallard , Steve Trapmore , Luka Grubor , Kieran West , cox Christian Cormack )
2003 : (Brian McDonough , Matt Deakin , Jason Flickinger , Lucas McGee , cox Marcus McElhenney )
2004 : (Lorenzo Carboncini , Stefano Introzzi , Edoardo Verzotti , Valerio Massimo , cox Alessandro Speranza )
2005 : (Nicolas Podpovitny , Vincent Durupt , Alex Johnatan Mathis , Lionel Jacquiot , cox Nicolas Majerus )
2006 : (Jan-Martin Bröer , Matthias Flach , Philipp Naruhn , Florian Eichner , cox Martin Sauer )
2007 : (Matt Deakin , Dan Beery , Samuel Burns , Christopher Liwski , cox Edmund del Guercio )