Education
Williams started rowing aged 13 while at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and attended Oxford Brookes University to study History and Town planning.
Williams started rowing aged 13 while at Monkton Combe School, Bath, and attended Oxford Brookes University to study History and Town planning.
In April and May 2011, Williams walked to the North Pole and summited Mount Everest. Williams made his full international debut in 1998 at the age of 22. He partnered Fred Scarlett in the coxless pair, and came a creditable sixth in his first world championships.
A year later he partnered Simon Dennis in the same event, this time finishing fifth.
In 2008, Partridge was replaced by Cambridge Blue Tom James, and despite an injury torn season, the quartet became Olympic Champions, defeating the Australian boat by 1.28s on the day dubbed "Super Saturday" by the media, owing to the large Great Britain medal haul. The Australians had led for much of the race, before an epic push by the British boat overhauled them in the last 400 m.
Williams was appointed as a fitness consultant to Andy Liddell for Ipswich Town Football Club on 3 July 2012. On 22 January 2010 he announced his retirement from the sport.
Olympic Games World Championships.
Williams was the only member of the 2004 Olympic crew to continue racing for the 2005 season, joining Alex Partridge, Peter Reed and Andrew Triggs-Hodge in the coxless four, again winning at the World Championships that year and in 2006, before coming a disappointing fourth at the 2007 world championships. Already a Member of the Order of the British Empire (Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire), Williams was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) in the 2009 New Year Honours.