James Richards
Nationality: GBR Role: Rower
Current Course
Engineering
Status
Undergraduate
College
Girton College
University
Cambridge
Squad
Boat Race Record
2025 Cambridge Men's Lightweight Boat
About James Richards
Where did you learn to row and who was your first coach?
King's College School, Winbledon, Richard Winchester.
What inspires you about sport?
The feeling of training so much, seeing improvements, and then ultimately competing.
Explain your earliest memory of The Boat Race
I remember watching The Boat Race 2012.
Do you relish in hours in the gym and miles in the dark, or do you live for race days?
Definitely racing!
What's the secret to managing elite-level sport with studying at one of the top universities in the world?
Enough sleep.
