Steve Trapmore

Stephen Patrick Trapmore (born 18 March 1975) is an English rowing coach and former rower who represented Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney. He is currently the High Performance Coach within the Great Britain Olympic Rowing programme, developing athletes and crews to compete at World and Olympic competition.

Education Trapmore attended Halliford School, Shepperton, before going on to study Engineering at Nottingham Trent University.

Rowing career

Trapmore started rowing at 15 at the Walton Rowing Club. By the age of 17 he was in the Great Britain Junior Team, competing in the Junior World Championships in 1993. As a senior athlete he trained with the Nottinghamshire County Rowing Association, winning his first senior medal in Aiguebelette in 1997.

Coaching career

Following his retirement as an athlete in 2002, he began coaching Imperial College in 2007, and was appointed Head Coach there a year later. He went on to coach the GB Mens 8 to a Bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics and Gold Medal at the Paris Olympics. The win in Paris makes him a member of a select group of people who have won Olympic Gold as an athlete and coach.

Personal life Trapmore is married to Nicola and has two daughters, Lucy and Anna.

Honours Steve was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in 2001 for services to rowing.