Zac Purchase
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| Birth name | Zachary Jake Nicholas Purchase | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | Team GB | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Citizenship | British | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
2 May 1986 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England |
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| Residence | Oxfordshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 11 st (70 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse(s) | Felicity Purchase-Hill (2012 - present) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | ZacPurchase.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Lightweight Double Sculls | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Marlow Rowing Club, Upton Rowing Club, Evesham Rowing Club | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Zachary "Zac" Jake Nicholas Purchase-Hill MBE (born 2 May 1986) is a retired English rower.
Purchase won an Olympic Gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and a Silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Both medals were won in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls. He has also won three gold, one silver and a bronze at the World Rowing Championships.
Purchase was born in Cheltenham to Nicholas Purchase and Sara Holyer on 2 May 1986. Originally a competitive swimmer, Purchase started rowing in 1999 whilst a pupil at the King's School, Worcester. Whilst at school, he also passed Grade 8 on the Saxophone with a Merit.
Following school, Purchase joined the British Rowing team as an U23 rower.
His main discipline was sculling with the majority of his international medals being won in the Lightweight Men's Double Scull with Mark Hunter.
In 2002, Purchase won his first international medals, a gold and silver at the Coupe de la Jeunesse and competed at the World Rowing Junior Championships the following two years. In 2003, aged 17, Purchase won the Fawley Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta.
in 2005, Purchase competed at the World Rowing U23 Championships in Amsterdam where he won a gold medal. He entered the Senior World Rowing Championships three weeks later and won a silver medal. Both medals were achieved in the Lightweight Men's Single Scull.
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