George Nash (rower)

George Nash

Nash (second left) in the Cambridge 2013 Boat Race crew
Personal information
Birth name	George Christopher Nash
Born	2 October 1989 (1989-10-02) (age 27) Guildford, Surrey, England
Alma mater	University of Cambridge
Height	6 ft 5 in (196 cm)
Weight	214 lb (97 kg)
Medal record Men's rowing Representing  Great Britain Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Coxless four London 2012 Men's coxless pair World Championships 2013 Chungju Eight 2014 Amsterdam Coxless four 2015 Aiguebelette Eight European Championships 2014 Belgrade Coxless four 2015 Poznan Eight 2016 Brandenburg Coxless four

George ("Nobby") Nash MBE (born 2 October 1989) is a British rower. He is dual Olympian, dual Olympic medal winner and three time world champion.

Nash attended Lanesborough School in Guildford and Winchester College, where he was Vice-Captain of the Boat Club. He then studied Engineering at St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge University Boat Club.

Nash initially rowed in the Cambridge reserve boat, Goldie, in 2009. He rowed in Cambridge's Blue Boat in the 2010 and 2011 Boat Races, winning in 2010 and losing in 2011. He took the 2011-2012 year off from Cambridge in order to focus on the 2012 Summer Olympics. Upon his return to Cambridge for the 2012-2013 year, Nash was elected as President of the Cambridge University Boat Club. He sat in the 5-seat of the losing crew of the 2013 race. He now rows for Molesey Boat Club.

Nash first represented Great Britain at the 2006 World Rowing Junior Championships in Amsterdam. Rowing as a member of the Men's Eight, Nash placed fourth. At the 2007 Rowing World Junior Championships in Beijing, he won a gold medal in the coxless four.

In 2009 he progressed to represent Britain at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Racice, placing 9th in the coxed four. In 2010, at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Brest, Nash won a silver medal as a member of the coxless four. In 2011, Nash rowed in a pair with Oxford rower Constantine Louloudis. Louloudis and Nash won Gold at the World Rowing U23 Championships that year, and also placed 7th at a Senior Rowing World Cup event in Lucerne.