Tom Lucy

Thomas David Lucy (born 1 May 1988 in Bristol) is a British international rower from Llangovan near Monmouth.

At 17, he won bronze at the world 2005 junior rowing championships in Brandenburg, Germany, racing in the GB coxless four.

[2] Called up into the GB flagship four after injury to bowman Tom James, Lucy won gold at the first World Cup regatta of 2008 back on the Munich course, before going on to win World Cup gold in the GB eight in Poznań, Poland, which secured the overall World Cup title for GB, and Olympic silver in Beijing.

[2] On 10 January 2009, Lucy announced he would retire from the sport to fulfil his childhood dream of joining the Royal Marines.

Lucy deployed to Afghanistan in March 2011, leading K company 42 Commando Royal Marines.