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Christian Cormack

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Christian Cormack
Personal information
Full nameChristian Alexander Cormack
Nationality United Kingdom
Born (1976-09-01) 1 September 1976 (age 48)
Hammersmith, London, UK
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Weight60 kg (132 lb)
Sport
College teamUniversity of London
ClubLeander Club
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  Great Britain
World Rowing Championships
Gold medal – first place 2002 Seville M4+
Silver medal – second place 1999 St Catharine's ML8+
Silver medal – second place 2000 Zagreb ML8+
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Milan M8+
Men's mountain bike racing
Representing Beds Road CC
Friday Night Summer Series
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Delapre Veteran

Christian Cormack (born 1 September 1976 in Hammersmith, London) is a British rowing cox. He competed for the British National Team between 1996 and 2004, winning four medals at the World Rowing Championships including a gold in 2002, two silvers and a bronze medal. In the World Rowing Cup series he won gold in 2001 Munich, silver in 1997 Munich, 1998 Hazewinkel and bronze at 1998 Lucerne and 1999 Lucerne. He retired from rowing after competing at 2004 Athens Olympics.

Cormack also coxed the winning Cambridge eight in the Boat Race in 2001. His crews won the Prince Philip Challenge Cup at Henley Royal Regatta in 2003, and won the Head of the River Race five times – in 1999 and 2000 for Queen's Tower, and 2002, 2003 and 2005 for Leander Club.

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References

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  • Christian Cormack at World Rowing
  • Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Christian Cormack". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  • 2001 Boat Race