He studied marine biology at University of Newcastle upon Tyne and Keble College, Oxford, and rowed in the Oxford crew at the 1998 Boat Race. They finished fourth at the 2000 Sydney Olympics having led for most of the race and being overtaken by three crews in the last 600 m, finishing 12/100th of a second (about 2 feet) out of third place.
Born in Cornwall, Coode boarded at Papplewick School and Eton College. When Tim Foster returned to the four, Coode was put into the coxless pair with Greg Searle. With the injury to Alex Partridge, Coode was moved from the eight to the coxless four for the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, rowing with Pinsent, Cracknell and Williams.
In October 2004, Coode announced he was retiring from rowing – taking a year out to travel in South America and then study for a law degree at University of the West of England in Bristol.
Following two years at university he spent two years as a trainee solicitor at Bristol firm Burges Salmon, before qualifying and joining family law firm Coodes Solicitors which has branches across Cornwall. Olympic Games World championships Junior World championships.
Olympic Medals: 1 Gold World Championship Medals: 2 Gold, 2 Bronze Junior World Championship Medals: 1 Silver Blue Boat Appearances: 1 (0 wins) 2004 — Gold, Coxless Four (with James Cracknell, Steve Williams, Matthew Pinsent) 2000 – 4th, Coxless Pair (with Greg Searle) 2003 – Bronze, Eight 2001 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Steve Williams, Rick Dunn, Toby Garbett) 1999 – Gold, Coxless Four (with Steve Redgrave, Matthew Pinsent, James Cracknell) 1998 – 7th, Eight 1997 – Bronze, Coxed Four 1993 – Silver, Coxless Four.
