Will Satch
William Spencer Satch is a British rower and Olympic gold medallist.
Satch was educated at Shiplake College near Henley-on-Thames in southeast Oxfordshire. His rowing coach was New Zealand gold medallist Shane O'Brien, who was deputy headmaster at Shiplake College. Satch rows for Leander Club in Henley-on-Thames, and was appointed a vice-captain of the club in 2018.
Satch won the bronze medal, rowing with George Nash in the coxless pair at the 2012 Summer Olympics.
In September 2013 Satch stroked the GB men's eight to the gold medal at the World Rowing Championships in Chungju, Korea. He repeated gold at the World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam in 2014 and again in 2015 when he stroked the men's eight to a hat-trick of wins over the German Olympic champions, in Aiguebelette, France. In May 2016, he was part of the GB men's eight which won bronze at the European Championships.
Later in 2016, he stroked the British men's eight to a gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio.
Satch was awarded the in the Queen's 2017 New Year Honours list for services to rowing.
