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Nicholas Mayhew

Nationality

GBR/NZL

Height

1.83m

School/High School

Latymer Upper School

Club

CUBC

Undergraduate/Graduate

Graduate

Previous University

Stanford University

Undergraduate course

Computer Science

Graduate course

MPhil in Management

What is your Cambridge college?

Peterhouse

Why are you studying your course?

To complement my software engineering technical skills with wider appreciation of business and management before I start my working career.

Year you first started rowing?

2013

First rowing club?

Latymer Upper School Rowing Club

Name of first rowing coach?

Niles Garratt

Who is your rowing idol?

Alex Gregory/Pete Reed

What’s your rowing history, and what has been your biggest achievement so far?

Stanford men’s rowing captain 2022/23. Latymer Upper School Rowing Club captain 2016/17.

Have you raced in the Boat Race before? If yes, when?

No

Have you ever been at school/university/on a team with anyone at ‘the other place’?

Yes, my roommate in 2021 season while at Stanford was Chris Hull who is on the Oxford team doing a PhD.

Your favourite race so far?

Grand finale at US collegiate national championships 2021.

What is the best place you have ever rowed?

California

What is your favourite sports quote?

“If you aren’t overrating, you aren’t trying.”

What do your friends think of your athletic success? How do you handle missing out on activities with friends because of your athletic schedule?

They think I’m a little crazy, but it’s been 10 years, so they have gotten over it.

This article appears in The Boat Race – Athlete Programme 2023

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