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Peter Champion

Place/DOB: 01/07/1982, Derby

Home Town: Derby

Living: Cambridge

College: St Edmund’s

Nationality: British

Year Enrolled: 2005

Course: SPS Psychology

Course Length: 2 years

School: Ecclesbourne School

Previous Uni/Col: Kings College, London

Height: 6’6”/1.98m

Weight: 15st 1lb/96kg

Pete is in the second year of a degree in psychology at Cambridge. He graduated with a degree in Dentistry at King’s College, London in 2005 and decided to study for a further degree before pursuing a career in dentistry. He is writing a thesis on dental phobias and anxiety levels. Pete played rugby for his school, but suffered a broken leg trialling for Derbyshire County, which kept him out of the sport for some time. While attending a function at Derby Rowing Club he was talked into trying out rowing. He was a member of the University of London eight that won the British Universities Championships in 2003 and of the victorious pair in 2004. Rowed in the number two seat for the GB four that finished fourth at the 2006 World University Championships in Lithuania. His elder brother, Rob, rowed at St Catharine’s while studying at Cambridge.