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{{Short description|British rower (born 1977)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2023}}
{{MedalTableTop|medals=
{{Medal|Sport | Men's [[rowing (sport)|rowing]] }}
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Comp | [[Olympic Games]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2008 Summer Olympics|2008 Beijing]] | [[Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's eight|Eight]] }}
{{Medal|Comp | [[World Rowing Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2007 World Rowing Championships|2007 Munich]] | Eight }}
{{Medal|Comp | [[World Rowing Cup|World Cup]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2008 Lucerne | Eight }}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2007 Amsterdam | Eight }}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2008 Poznan | Eight }}
}}

'''Alastair Heathcote''' (born 18 August 1977 in [[Athens]], [[Greece]]) is a British [[rower]] and Captain in the [[British Army]].

== Biography ==
Heathcote is the eldest grandson and eventual heir of Sir Gilbert Simon Heathcote, 9th Baronet. He was educated at [[Eton College]], [[Newcastle University]] and [[Oxford Brookes University]]. His hobbies are free-form contemporary dance, pheasant stroking and coarse fishing.  His father was an Old Etonian Gunner officer. His father later served as a diplomat at the British High Commission in Pakistan and later the head of security for an oil company. He was in Mustians house at Eton. He served as Captain of Boats at the school. His younger brother Nicholas is also a distinguished oarsman. He joined the army in 2001 and served in [[Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnia]] ([[Operation Joint Endeavor]] in support of [[UNPROFOR]]) and [[Iraq]] ([[Operation Telic]]).  He was selected for the Great Britain squad in 2006 and won a bronze medal in the eight at the [[Rowing World Cup]] in 2007 at [[Amsterdam]] and at the following 2007 Rowing World Championships in Munich.  He was in the GB team (Men's 8) in the Beijing Olympics, where he won the silver medal.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref> He coached at [[Latymer Upper School]] in West London until 2011.

== References ==
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* {{Webarchive |url=https://archive.today/20070928032038/http://www.bosonmedia.co.uk/ara/gbrowing/biographies/index.php?Action=2&id=249 |date=28 September 2007 |title=Biography from British International Rowing Office}} 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20081202100618/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article2327978.ece Interview in The Times]

== External links ==
* {{World Rowing}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{Team GB|4jPOZCJUGRWDFlEterHNzD}}

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