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Marcus Bateman
Marcus gained his first GB vest at the 2006 World Championships where he finished 5th in the coxed four. He won gold in the eight at the World Cup in Amsterdam June 2007 and was 4th in the coxed four at the 2007 World Rowing Championships. He raced in the men's pair with Toby Garbett in the 2008 World Cup series.
A former 800m runner, Marcus dabbled in rowing in 2004 whilst on placement at Lehigh University in the USA. He learnt to row seriously at the University of Bath as part of GB Rowing's World Class Start programme, where he was coached by Paul Stannard. He won gold in the BUSA Championships and silver in the National Championships in 2005. He became the first rower from the University of Bath to earn a GB senior vest, he was invited to join the senior men's national squad shortly after graduating in 2005 with a BSc in Sports Technology.
Marcus won the junior single title at the BUSA Championships in 2005 and finished 2nd in the single at the National Championships in 2005.
He finished 5th in the men's coxed four at the 2006 World Championships at Eton.
A former 800m and cross–country schools champion for South Devon, he holds the Torbay AC 800m record and was a Devon Schools Football finalist. He enjoys extreme sports such as surfing, kite surfing and snowboarding and his sporting heroes are Seb Coe, Michael Johnson and Daley Thompson.
Marcus is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.
A former 800m runner, Marcus dabbled in rowing in 2004 whilst on placement at Lehigh University in the USA. He learnt to row seriously at the University of Bath as part of GB Rowing's World Class Start programme, where he was coached by Paul Stannard. He won gold in the BUSA Championships and silver in the National Championships in 2005. He became the first rower from the University of Bath to earn a GB senior vest, he was invited to join the senior men's national squad shortly after graduating in 2005 with a BSc in Sports Technology.
Marcus won the junior single title at the BUSA Championships in 2005 and finished 2nd in the single at the National Championships in 2005.
He finished 5th in the men's coxed four at the 2006 World Championships at Eton.
A former 800m and cross–country schools champion for South Devon, he holds the Torbay AC 800m record and was a Devon Schools Football finalist. He enjoys extreme sports such as surfing, kite surfing and snowboarding and his sporting heroes are Seb Coe, Michael Johnson and Daley Thompson.
Marcus is Lottery Funded through UK Sport.