13 Facts About Pete Reed

Peter K Reed was born on 27 July 1981 and is a retired British Olympic rower.

Pete Reed has won five gold medals and three silver medals at the World Championships.

Pete Reed was born in Seattle, Washington, US but his family moved to England several months later.

Pete Reed was brought up in Nailsworth, Gloucestershire and attended Cirencester Deer Park School, and later Cirencester College for his A-levels.

Pete Reed is a lieutenant commander in the Royal Navy and began rowing relatively late.

Pete Reed took up rowing in his second year of university in 2002, whilst studying mechanical engineering at the University of the West of England, to become a naval engineer.

In 2004, Pete Reed won a place at the University of Oxford to attend a two-year MSc course in engineering, based at Oriel College.

Pete Reed was selected in both years for the Blue Boat to race against Cambridge in the annual Boat Race.

Pete Reed continued his training to represent Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

Pete Reed competed at the 2013 World Rowing Championships in Chungju, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight.

Pete Reed then competed at the 2014 World Rowing Championships in Bosbaan, Amsterdam, where he won a gold medal as part of the eight and 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 gold medal as part of the eight with Matt Gotrel, Constantine Louloudis, Paul Bennett, Moe Sbihi, Alex Gregory, George Nash, Will Satch and Phelan Hill.

In October 2019, Pete Reed announced via Instagram that he had suffered a spinal stroke, which has left him paralysed from the chest down.

Pete Reed was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire in the 2009 New Year Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2017 New Year Honours for services to rowing.