Leading British rower Will Satch is one of the strongestathletes in his field. In his first five seasons rowing for Great Britain’ssenior team, he won no fewer than five medals, including an Olympic gold, onebronze, and three consecutive World Championship titles. His memorable gold medalwin saw him stroke the men’s eight to first place at the Rio Games in 2016having, four years earlier, picked up a bronze in the men’s pair alongsideGeorge Nash.
Still a key part of the squad and heading to the Tokyo Gamesin 2020, Satch and his crew won two golds and a silver in the World Cup seriesof regattas. Satch also rows for the Leander Club in Henley-on-Thames, and in2018 was appointed vice-captain of the club. A year previous in 2017, he washonoured with an MBE in the New Years Honours list in recognition of hisservices to rowing. Amazingly, Satch has previously revealed that he has hadheart surgery to fix numerous episodes of atrial fibrillation which hadaffected his performances in 2017 and 2018. It is a condition he has dealt withsince his youth, but has never stopped him from competing at his best as anathlete. As such, Will Satch is a real icon of the sport and an inspirationalfigure who can motivate anyone with his continued excellence and dedication tohis sport.