Zac Purchase, full name Zachary Jake Nicholas Purchase-Hill, is a retired English rower born on 2 May 1986 in Cheltenham and appointed MBE in the 2009 New Year Honours. He specialised in the lightweight men's double sculls with Mark Hunter, winning the Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He also won world titles in the lightweight single scull in 2006 and in the lightweight double scull in 2010 and 2011, and a bronze medal in the double scull in 2007. After retiring he took part in a number of television shows and gives motivational speeches for businesses, schools and charities.
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is a retired English rower
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born 2 May 1986
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Both medals were won in the Lightweight Men's Double Sculls.
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He has also won three gold, one silver and a bronze at the World Rowing Championships.
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is a retired English rower
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Purchase won an Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
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a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London
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