Alex Underwood
Nationality: GBR Role: Rower
Current Course
Engineering Science
Status
Undergraduate
College
Pembroke College
University
Oxford
Squad
Boat Race Record
2024 Oxford Men's Reserve Boat
About Alex Underwood
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
Magdalen College School, Greg Atkin.
What inspires you about sport?
The ability to bring people together, the shared purpose, pushing the limits of every individual as a team.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
Seeing the OUBC minibuses driving around Oxford and Wallingford.
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
I love getting on it for a chunky session with the boys, whether it's a test or a long UT2 [low intensity utilisation training].
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
Good teammates and a very colourful Google calender.
