Alex Story

Alex Story is a politician and retired English rower. He rowed in the British men's eight at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, and is an active member of the Conservative Party.

Rowing

Story was on the Great Britain rowing team for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, competing in the men's eight which finished second in the B final.[1] He retained his place for the following year's world championships in Aiguebelette where he finished fourth.[2]

He rowed for Cambridge against Oxford in The Boat Race of 1997[3] and 1998.[4] In the former he was the heaviest man in either crew; the latter broke, an still holds, the course record.[5]

Politics

He has subsequently been active in the Yorkshire Conservatives and fundraising for local charities.[6] In the 2005 election he contested Denton and Reddish[7] and in 2010 constested Wakefield,[8] both times coming second.

In 2014 he was placed second on the Conservative party list for the Yorkshire and the Humber European elections;[9] however, only one member of the Conservative party was returned.[10]

In the 2016 referendum he campaigned for Britain to leave the European Union.[11][12]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1996-olympic-games/mens-eight/
  2. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/events/1997-world-championships/mens-eight/
  3. ↑ http://www.rowingservice.com/regatta/97-crews.html
  4. ↑ http://www.regatta.rowing.org.uk/BoatRace/br-1998race.html
  5. ↑ http://theboatraces.org/results
  6. ↑ "Alex Story runs a half marathon and spends the rest of the week continuing to pound the streets of Wakefield in his campaign to be the town's first Conservative MP since the 1930s". ConservativeHome's Seats & Candidates blog. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  7. ↑ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2005-uk-general-election-results/denton--and--reddish
  8. ↑ http://www.electoralcommission.org.uk/find-information-by-subject/elections-and-referendums/past-elections-and-referendums/uk-general-elections/2010-uk-general-election-results/wakefield
  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27127317
  10. ↑ http://www.europarl.org.uk/en/your-meps/european_elections/results.html
  11. ↑ Story, Alex (6 May 2016). "Why pro-Europeans should back Brexit – to save Europe from the EU". Retrieved 5 October 2016.
  12. ↑ http://leave.eu/en/news/2016-02-12/leaveeu-announce-the-appointment-of-alex-story-to-head-up-and-represent-the-leaveeu-business-group
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