Boat Race History

• 2023 Oxford Men’s Reserve Boat

About Tom:

What course are you studying and what level?

Modern Languages

Why did you chose that course?

I enjoy learning foreign languages

When, where and why did you start rowing? And what do you love about the sport?

At new college oxford in 2022 – the team, the feeling of being in a boat, pushing myself

What was your first rowing club and coach?

New College Boat Club – Jake Wincomb and Hugo Sanders

What or who was the earliest sporting inspiration you remember as a child?

Didier Drogba

How has rowing and being part of the Boat Race squad impacted your life?

Great sense of team culture, I have made great friends

If you weren’t a rower, what sport do you think you’d excel at?

Cycling

What is your favourite non-academic book?

Catch 22

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