Sam White
I got into indoor rowing when I was 16 by complete chance when I went to my college gym, and the instructor told me about a competition that the lecturers had done the day before and he wanted someone to beat the winner to stop him boasting. So I stepped up and beat him by 15 seconds. It was then suggested that I take up indoor rowing as a sport. I won my first race in a 5K event in Cambridge in 2003 After a long break while I was injured i started competing properly at age 19.