Scott Durant
Scott David Durant is a British rower and gold medallist in the Men's Eight at the 2016 Olympic Summer Games.
Rowing career
Durant, along with his brother Mason, started his rowing career at Lancaster Royal Grammar School they have since had a boat named after them in the school boat club fleet. He competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a silver medal as part of the coxed pair with Alan Sinclair and Henry Fieldman. The following year 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 Alan Sinclair, Tom Ransley and Stewart Innes. He competed in the 2015 European Rowing Championships in Poznań winning a gold medal.He was a gold medallist in the men's eight at the 2016 Summer Olympics with Tom Ransley, Andrew Triggs Hodge, Matt Gotrel, Pete Reed, Paul Bennett, Matt Langridge, Will Satch and Phelan Hill.