Stewart Innes
 Innes in 2016 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 20 May 1991 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
Stewart Innes (born 20 May 1991) is a retired British rower.
Career
Innes took up rowing as a pupil at St Edward's School, Oxford and later competed for Durham University as an undergraduate, and for Reading University as a postgraduate.[1][2]
He was part of the British team that topped the medal table at the 2015 World Rowing Championships at Lac d'Aiguebelette in France, where he won a bronze medal as part of the coxless four with Scott Durant, Alan Sinclair and Tom Ransley.[3]
He competed in the men's coxless pair event, with Alan Sinclair, at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[4]
After finishing 3rd at the 2019 GB Rowing Team Trials, Innes had been set to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo but following the postponement of the games, he announced his retirement from international rowing in October 2020.[5]
Personal life
His father Duncan Innes rowed and won a gold medal at the 1977 World Rowing Championships.[6]
References
- ^ Durham University. Annual Sporting Review 2011/12 (Report). p. 14. Archived from the original on 25 February 2023.
- ^ "BUCS in Brazil: Stewart Innes". British Universities & Colleges Sport. 22 April 2016. Archived from the original on 24 August 2016. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
- ^ "2015 World Rowing Championships results". World Rowing.
- ^ "Stewart Innes". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 6 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2016.
- ^ "Rio Olympian Stewart Innes announces his retirement from rowing". British Rowing. 15 October 2020. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
- ^ "Rower thanks family for 'keeping their faith in me'". Henley Standard. 9 August 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
