Birth name William Spencer Satch Weight 94 kg Height 1.94 m | Role Rower Name William Satch Education Shiplake College | |
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Born 9 June 1989 (age 35) ( 1989-06-09 ) Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England Olympic medals Rowing at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's coxless pair Similar People George Nash, Hamish Bond, Eric Murray, Dorian Mortelette, Germain Chardin Profiles | ||
William Satch
William Spencer "Will" Satch (born 9 June 1989) is a British rower and Olympic gold medallist.
Satch was educated at Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in southeast Oxfordshire. His rowing coach was New Zealand gold medallist Shane O'Brien, who was deputy headmaster at Shiplake College. Satch rows for Leander Club in Henley.
Satch won the bronze medal, rowing with George Nash in the coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In September 2013 Satch stroked the GB Men's Eight to the gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea. Gold achievement was repeated at the World Rowing Championships 2014 and in 2015 when he stroked the Men's Eight to a hat-trick of wins over German Olympic Champions, at Aiguebelette.
He stroked the British eight to a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Satch was awarded the MBE in the Queen's 2017 New Year Honours list for services to rowing.
