Alex Tocher
Nationality: GBR Role: Rower
Current Course
PhD in Astronomy
Status
Postgraduate
College
Christ's College
University
Cambridge
Squad
About Alex Tocher
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
Christ's College Boat Club, taught by the indomitable Kate Hurst.
What inspires you about sport?
The depths to which everyone will push themselves for their teammates.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
Watching it on TV as a kid and cheering for O****d (my Mum and Dad went there...).
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
Race days (who's saying they prefer miles in the dark?)
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
Take care of the externals: sleep, nutrition, mental health, organisation.
