Stuart Innes

About me

Despite disliking rowing from an early age when being dragged to Henley regatta I started rowing at the age of 11 with my dad. From the moment I started rowing it was an escape and gave me so much. I learnt how to get the most out of myself and how to bring a team together to be better than the sum of its parts.

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As a junior I represented Great Britain both in 2008 and 09 winning a silver medal at the junior world championships. I then went on to Durham university where I competed winning national titles and u23 selection once due to multiple years of injury.

After leaving university I joined Leander club where I won Henley in the Prince of Wales Challenge cup in 2013 and went on to join the GB Olympic team, competing in the M2- in Rio finishing 4th.

My greatest achievement in the sport however was not Olympic success, but overcoming injury that left me struggling to walk. After 3 years of absenceI rejoined the British team in time for Toyko Olympic selection trials, but was forced to retire with the postponement of the games due to Covid.

From 2020 I spent a year as a motivational speaker before joining PwC inMay 2021.

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Motivations

After years of rowing for myself I am keen to give back to the sport of rowing and give others just some of the opportunities that I found through the sport. I believe the sport has been instrumental in making me who I am today and together the rowing community has the power to be a force for good that can connect global community of like minded people.

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Worries

Fear of missing out the first half. Hippos, and Ollie Cooks terrible jokes, that have only got worse with fatherhood.