Will Fletcher

Will Fletcher
Personal information
Full name	William Fletcher
Nationality	British
Born	24 December 1989 (age 34); Chester-le-Street
Years active	2006-2020
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing Great Britain
World Championships

William Fletcher (born 24 December 1989) is a retired British rower who competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Education

Fletcher studied at Durham University as a member of Hild Bede, graduating with a Modern Languages degree in 2011.^[1]

He competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a bronze medal as part of the lightweight coxless four with Adam Freeman-Pask, Jono Clegg and Chris Bartley.^[2]

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 silver medal as part of the lightweight double scull with Richard Chambers.^[3]

He and Richard Chambers placed seventh in the men's lightweight double sculls event at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games.^[4]^[5]^[6]

^ "Dunelm Issue 02". Issuu. April 2016. Retrieved 7 May 2018.
^ "2013 World Rowing Championships: Event Information". WorldRowing.com. International Rowing Federation. Retrieved 20 August 2020.
^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
^ "Rio 2016 Olympian Will Fletcher announces his retirement from international rowing". British Rowing. 17 January 2020. Retrieved 29 March 2024.
^ "Will Fletcher". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 25 August 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
^ "Lightweight Men's Double Sculls – Standings". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 22 September 2016. Retrieved 25 September 2016.

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