Matthew Gotrel (right) at the European Championships
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Birth name | Matthew Anthony William Gotrel | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born |
Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, England |
1 March 1989 |||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Matthew Anthony William Gotrel MBE (born 1 March 1989) is a British rower. At the World Rowing Championships 2014 in Amsterdam he was a member of the gold medal winning eight and this was repeated in 2015 at Aiguebelette. He won a gold medal in the men's eight event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Gotrel is a Tottenham Hotspur supporter.
Gotrel was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.