Ed Coode
British rower
Edward R. Coode , MBE (born 19 June 1975) is a British rower , twice World Champion and Olympic Gold medalist.
Early life
Born in Cornwall in 1975,[1] Coode boarded at Papplewick School [2] and Eton College .[3] He studied marine biology at University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Keble College , Oxford , and rowed in the Oxford crew at the 1998 Boat Race .
Career
Coode won his first World Championship in 1999, as a substitute in the British men's coxless four, rowing with Steve Redgrave , Matthew Pinsent and James Cracknell . When Tim Foster returned to the four, Coode was put into the coxless pair with Greg Searle . They finished fourth at the 2000 Sydney Olympics having led for most of the race and being overtaken by three crews in the last 600 m, finishing 12/100th of a second (about 2 feet) out of third place.
In 2001, he won a second World Championship in the men's coxless four with Steve Williams , Rick Dunn and Toby Garbett . In 2002, he missed the World Championships due to injury, Josh West taking his place in the coxless four, and was in the men's eight in 2003 that won the bronze at that year's world championships.
With the injury to Alex Partridge , Coode was moved from the eight to the coxless four for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, rowing with Pinsent, Cracknell and Williams. In a close race with World champions Canada, they won gold.
Retirement
In October 2004, Coode announced he was retiring from rowing – taking a year out to travel in South America and then study for a law degree at University of the West of England in Bristol.[4] Following two years at university he spent two years as a trainee solicitor at Bristol firm Burges Salmon , before qualifying and joining family law firm Coodes Solicitors, which has branches across Cornwall.
Personal life
Coode was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2005 New Year Honours for services to sport.[5]
On 17 September 2005 Coode married Clare Smales in the St Mary's and St Julian's Church , Maker , Cornwall. They have four children.[citation needed ]
Achievements
Olympic Games
World championships
Junior World championships
1993 – Silver, Coxless four
References
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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 )
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 )