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Line 1: {{short description\|British sculler\|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=August ~~2012~~2021}} {{Infobox sportsperson \| name = Alan Campbell Line 14: \| death_place = \| height = 1.91 m \| weight = 95  kg \| country = {{flagcountry\|GBR}} \| sport = Rowing Line 43: }} '''Alan W Campbell''' (born 9 May 1983) is a ~~[[United Kingdom\|~~British]] [[Rowing (sport)\|sculler]].<ref>{{cite web \| url=http://www.britishrowing.org/gb-rowing-team/biographies/alan-campbell \| title=Alan Campbell \| publisher=[[British Rowing]] \| accessdate=3 August 2012 }}</ref> ==Biography== Line 54: In 2006, Campbell switched to competing in the men's heavyweight single, and won the Munich world cup regatta ahead of [[Olaf Tufte]]. He also finished second in Lucerne, behind [[Mahé Drysdale]], and fourth in [[Poznań]], to win the overall world cup standings. Campbell competed in the [[2008 Summer Olympics\|2008 Olympics in Beijing]] where he participated in the Men's Single Scull; he led up to 1000m, where he was overtaken by [[Olaf Tufte]] and finished fifth. Prior to the games, he had picked up a virus that required knee surgery, which left him on crutches for three weeks in June 2008.<ref>{{cite news\| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/rowing/7522972.stm \| title=Campbell battles back for Beijing \| ~~work~~website=[[BBC News]] \| ~~publisher~~date=24 July 2008 }}</ref> In 2011, he won his third [[~~BBC~~Diamond Challenge Sculls]] title (the premier event for single sculls) at the [[Henley Royal Regatta]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.hrr.co.uk/results/?result-page=1&trophy=the-diamond-challenge-sculls \|title=Diamond Challenge Sculls, List of past winners \|website=Henley Royal Regatta \|access-date=245 July ~~2008~~ 2023}}</ref> He competed at the [[2011 World Rowing Championships]] in [[Bled]], where he won a bronze medal in the singles scull.<ref>{{cite web \|title=2011 World Rowing Championships \|url=http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/ \|website=WorldRowing.com \|publisher=[[World Rowing Federation]] \|accessdate=20 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160319205128/http://www.worldrowing.com/events/2011-world-championships/ \|archive-date=19 March 2016 }}</ref> In the [[2012 Summer Olympics\|2012 London Olympics]], Campbell won the bronze medal in the men's single sculls after moving into the medals with 500m to go against the Swedish national entry, [[Lassi Karonen]].<ref>{{cite news\| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/9449303/Alan-Campbell-wins-bronze-medal-for-Great-Britain-in-the-rowing-mens-single-sculls.html \| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803135001/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/rowing/9449303/Alan-Campbell-wins-bronze-medal-for-Great-Britain-in-the-rowing-mens-single-sculls.html \| url-status=dead \| archive-date=3 August 2012 \| title=Alan Campbell wins bronze medal for Great Britain in the rowing men's single sculls \| newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]] \| first=Rachell \| last=Quarrell \| date=3 August 2012 }} Alan Campbell gets Olympic Gold back on track by winning national trials</ref> Alan Campbell, the Olympic single scull bronze medallist in 2012, dominated 5 km GB Rowing Team Assessment in Boston, Lincs to win the open men's single scull event in a time of 17:03.23. Line 85 ⟶ 89: * {{World Rowing}} * {{Team GB}} * {{~~IOC~~Olympics.com profile\|alan-campbell}} * {{Olympedia}} * [https://www.britishrowing.org/2014/11/wilson-campbell-craig-and-lee-green-win-in-boston/ Wilson, Campbell, Craig and Lee Green win in Boston] Line 92 ⟶ 96: [[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:~~People~~Sportspeople from Coleraine, County Londonderry]] [[Category:British male rowers]] [[Category:Rowers at the 2004 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Rowers at the 2008 Summer Olympics]] [[Category:Olympic rowers offor Great Britain]] [[Category:People educated at Coleraine Academical Institution]] [[Category:Rowers at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] Line 102 ⟶ 106: [[Category:Olympic medalists in rowing]] [[Category:Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics]] ~~[[Category:Sportspeople from County Londonderry]]~~ [[Category:World Rowing Championships medalists for Great Britain]] [[Category:Rowers from Northern Ireland]]