Alan Sinclair (rower)


Alan Sinclair is a retired British international rower.

Rowing career

Sinclair is a member of the Leander Club. He was a member of the Scotland Team at the 2010 Commonwealth Rowing Championships, in Welland, Canada.
He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Scott Durant and Henry Fieldman. The following year he competed in the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznań winning a gold medal. 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, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes. He also competed in the men's coxless pair event at the 2016 Summer Olympics finishing fourth in the Final.
He won a bronze medal at the 2018 World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, as part of the eight with James Rudkin, Tom Ransley, Thomas George, Moe Sbihi, Oliver Wynne-Griffith, Matthew Tarrant, Will Satch and Henry Fieldman.
In May 2021 he announced his retirement from international rowing.
In June 2021, Sinclair was announced as Director of Rowing at the University of St Andrews.
Sinclair was the Match Director for the inaugural Home International Rowing Beach Sprints in August 2022.

Awards

He was the winner of International Rower of the Year at the 2014 Scottish Rowing Annual Awards.