Andrew Triggs Hodge

Andrew Triggs Hodge
OBE

Personal information
Born	(1979-03-03) 3 March 1979 (age 38) Halton, Buckinghamshire, England
Sport
Country	Great Britain
Sport	Men's rowing
University team	Oxford University Boat Club
Club	Molesey Boat Club
Medal record Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Coxless four 2012 London Coxless four 2016 Rio de Janeiro Eight World Championships 2005 Gifu Coxless four 2006 Eton Coxless four 2013 Chungju Eight 2014 Amsterdam Coxless four 2009 Poznań Coxless pair 2010 Karapiro Coxless pair 2011 Bled Coxless pair 2003 Milan Eight European championships 2014 Belgrade Coxless four

Andrew Triggs Hodge OBE (born 3 March 1979) is a retired British rower and a triple Olympic Gold Medallist and quadruple World Champion.

Born in Halton, Buckinghamshire, he moved to Hebden near Grassington in 1980. He went to Burnsall Primary School in Burnsall then Upper Wharfedale School, a secondary modern school in Threshfield. He then completed sixth form at South Craven School, a secondary school near Skipton. Before studying Environmental Science at the Stoke campus of Staffordshire University where he took up the sport of rowing with the Boat Club on Rudyard Lake and St Catherine's College, Oxford where he undertook an MSc in Water Science, Policy and Management.

Whilst at Oxford University, Hodge was a member of Oxford University Boat Club and took part in the Boat Race in 2005. Both universities had extremely strong intakes that year, with Cambridge boasting several world champions and the Oxford crew including 2004 Olympic silver medallist Barney Williams and eventual Beijing and London coxless four crewmate Pete Reed. Oxford, stroked by Hodge, won the epic contest by 2 lengths in a time of 16 minutes 42 seconds.

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