About Benjamin:

What course are you studying and what level?

DPhil in Geography and the Environment (PhD)

Why did you chose that course?

To research climate change

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

2019, Amsterdam, Try a new sport. The raw power combined with the requirement of moving elegantly

What was your first rowing club and coach?

Skøll, N/A

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

Michael Phelps

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

I think 7:00AM is a lie in and 22:00 is a lte night.

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

Rugby

What is your favourite non-academic book?

the Hobbit