Toby Garbett is an Olympian and two-time World Champion.

Since 1996, Toby has been a member of Leander Club, the British team’s high performance centre in Henley-on Thames. He first represented Great Britain in 1997 aged 19 and has since competed in 5 World Championships and attended 2 Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004). He is currently training towards the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Toby’s journey has not been an easy one. In 1998 he developed a prolapsed disc, just three weeks before the World Championships, which took him out of training for 4 months. Just as he had recovered and was preparing for the 1999 season Toby had a further setback when he was diagnosed with glandular fever, a virus which ruined any chances of competing for the team that year. With only a season left to make his mark in the Olympic team, he failed to make an Olympic boat but won a gold medal at the World Championships in the Coxed Four and was selected to be spare for the team in Sydney.

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For more information on Toby’s rowing career and sponsorship opportunities, please contact Matt Jones at Benchmark Sport on 020 7240 7700.