What is Robin Dowell?
{{Infobox person | name = Robin Dowell | image = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth year|1982}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and given age|2022|12|16|40|df=y}} | death_place = [[Lake Sarnen]], Switzerland | monuments = | residence = | nationality = British | occupation = rowing coach | known_for = | relatives = | awards = }} '''Robin Dowell''' (1982 – 16 December 2022) was a British rowing coach.<ref name=ref1>{{cite web|url=https://nlroei.nl/zwitserse-coach-40-overleden-tijdens-coachen/ |title=ZWITSERSE COACH (40) OVERLEDEN TIJDENS TRAINING|work=roei.nl|date=20 December 2022|access-date=20 December 2022|language=nl}}</ref><ref name=ref2>{{cite web|url=https://www.britishrowing.org/2022/12/robin-dowell/ |title=Robin Dowell|work=[[British Rowing]]|date=18 December 2022|access-date=22 December 2022}}</ref> ==Biography== Dowell was a succesfull rowing coach at [[Sir William Borlase's Grammar School]] in [[Marlow]], the United Kingdom. He coached the junior men's quadruple scull that won the gold medal at the 2015 [[World Rowing Junior Championships]] in [[Rio de Janeiro]]. It was the first British gold medal in this boat class. He became later a coach at [[British Rowing]] in 2015 and 2016, where he coached the Olympic athletes.<ref name=ref1 /><ref name=ref2 /> In 2017 he became Chief Coach for the Swiss national team.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.swissrowing.ch/de/news/robin-dowell-wird-neuer-srv-headcoach |title=ROBIN DOWELL WIRD NEUER SRV-HEADCOACH|work=swissrowing.ch|date=9 December 2016|access-date=9 December 2016|language=de}}</ref> Since 2019 he was the personal coach of world champion [[Jaennine Gmelin]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nau.ch/sport/andere/schweizer-rudern-coach-robin-dowell-mit-40-verstorben-66371640 |title=Schweizer Rudern-Coach Robin Dowell mit 40 verstorben|work=nau.ch|date=17 December 2022|access-date=17 December 2022|language=de}}</ref> During a rowing training session while Dowell was on a [[motorboat]], Dowell died at [[Lake Sarnen]] on