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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.